{"product_id":"the-looting-machine-9781610397483","title":"The Looting Machine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA searing exposé of the global web of traders, bankers, middlemen, despots, and corporate raiders pillaging Africa’s vast natural wealth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A brave, defiant book.” —\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfrica is the world’s poorest continent and yet, arguably, its richest. Its abundance of natural resources has attracted foreign oilmen, oligarchs, and jet-setting executives, as well as local despots and militiamen—all seeking to gorge on the continent’s reserves of oil, gas, metals, and precious stones.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Looting Machine\u003c\/i\u003e, Tom Burgis takes readers on a gripping journey into the dark underbelly of the global economy. He combines deep reporting with a gripping narrative, traveling from the killing fields of Congo and crude-slicked creeks of Nigeria to the anonymous boardrooms and glittering headquarters of multinational corporations that harvest Africa’s oil and minerals. \u003ci\u003eThe Looting Machine\u003c\/i\u003e is a blistering investigation into the plunder of a continent and its terrible human toll.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PublicAffairs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67884439306418,"sku":"9781610397483","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/7418\/0786\/files\/9781610397483.jpg?v=1793757775","url":"https:\/\/shop.hachettebookgroup.com\/products\/the-looting-machine-9781610397483","provider":"Hachette Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}