{"product_id":"extractive-capitalism-how-commodities-and-cronyism-drive-the-global-economy-by-laleh-khalili","title":"Extractive Capitalism: How Commodities and Cronyism Drive the Global Economy by Laleh Khalili","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exposé of the extractive industries powering globalization --and a primer on fighting back\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLaleh Khalili reflects on the hidden stories behind late capitalism, from seafarers abandoned on debt-ridden container ships to the nefarious reach of consultancy firms and the cronyism that drives record-breaking profits. Piercing, wry, and constantly revealing, \u003ci\u003eExtractive Capitalism \u003c\/i\u003ebrings vividly to light the dark truths behind the world's most voracious industries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether it is pumping oil, mining resources, or shipping commodities across oceans, the global economy runs on extraction. Promises of frictionless trade and lucrative speculation are the hallmarks of our era, but the backbone of globalization is still low-cost labor and rapacious corporate control. Extractive capitalism is what made--and what maintains--our unequal world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLaleh Khalili teaches at the University of Exeter. Her books include \u003ci\u003eSinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula, Heroes and Martyrs of Palestine: The Politics of National Commemoration\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Corporeal Life of Seafaring\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn Iranian American, she received a BS in chemical engineering from the University of Texas and a PhD in political science from Columbia University. She was previously a Professor of Middle Eastern Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London and a Professor of International Politics at Queen Mary University, London. An internationally-renowned expert on the oil industry, global trade and geopolitics in the Gulf region with over 43,000 Twitter followers, Professor Khalili has worked as a consultant and an engineer and has written widely on globalization, capital and neocolonialism. She has written for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAgence France-Presse\u003c\/i\u003e and contributes regularly to \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2025\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50897396236573,"sku":"9781836740285","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/5897\/files\/Screenshot2026-01-29at5.08.32pm.png?v=1769724541","url":"https:\/\/www.middleeastbooks.com\/products\/extractive-capitalism-how-commodities-and-cronyism-drive-the-global-economy-by-laleh-khalili","provider":"Middle East Books and More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}