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000433610 1001_ $$aPalast, Greg.
000433610 24510 $$aVultures' picnic :$$ba Greg Palast investigation.
000433610 260__ $$aNew York :$$bDutton,$$cc2011.
000433610 300__ $$a404 p. :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm.
000433610 500__ $$a"In pursuit of petroleum pigs, power pirates, and high-finance carnivores"--Jkt.
000433610 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000433610 5050_ $$aGoldfinger -- Lady Baba-Land : the Islamic Republic of BP -- Pig in the pipeline -- The coon-ass Riviera -- The cheese smelled funny so we threw it in the jungle -- The Wizard of Ooze -- My home is now a strange place -- We figure out who murdered Jake -- The sorcerer's stone -- Fukushima, Texas -- Mr. Fairness -- The generalissimo of globalization -- Vultures' picnic -- Lots of fish.
000433610 520__ $$aShares an exposé of the relationship between the oil and banking industries while arguing that such environmental disasters as the Gulf oil spill and Exxon Valdez can be directly linked to corporate corruption and failed legislation.
000433610 520__ $$a"This is the story of the corporate vultures that feed on the weak and ruin our planet in the process---a story that spans the globe and decades. For Vultures' Picnic, investigative journalist Greg Palast has spent his career uncovering the connection between the world of energy (read: oil) and finance. He's built a team that reads like a casting call for a Hollywood thriller--a Swiss multilingual investigator, a punk journalist, and a gonzo cameraman--to reveal how environmental disasters like the Gulf oil spill, the Exxon Valdez, and lesser-known tragedies such as Tatitlek and Torrey Canyon are caused by corporate corruption, failed legislation, and, most interestingly, veiled connections between the financial industry and energy titans. Palast shows how the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, World Trade Organization, and Central Banks act as puppets for Big Oil. With Palast at the center of an investigation that takes us from the Arctic to Africa to the Amazon, Vultures' Picnic shows how the big powers in the money and oil game slip the bonds of regulation over and over again, and simply destroy the rules that they themselves can't write--and take advantage of nations and everyday people in the process"--Provided by publisher.
000433610 61020 $$aBP (Firm)$$xMoral and ethical aspects.
000433610 650_0 $$aPetroleum industry and trade$$xCorrupt practices.
000433610 650_0 $$aBanks and banking, International$$xMoral and ethical aspects.
000433610 650_0 $$aInternational finance$$xMoral and ethical aspects.
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