Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
The Hidden Globe : How Wealth Hacks the World Hardback Book
“Refund was approved and back in my account the same day.” - Deliver+ customer
This book did nothing less than make me resee the world . . . Original, and very clever Sathnam Sanghera, author of EmpirelandBorders draw one map of the world money draws another. A journalist&rsquos riveting account exposes a parallel universe exempt from the laws of the land, and how the wealthy and powerful benefit from it.The map of the globe shows the world we think we know sovereign nations that grant and restrict their citizens&rsquo rights. Beneath, above, and tucked inside its neatly delineated borders, however, a parallel universe has been engineered into existence, consisting of thousands of extraterritorial zones that operate largely autonomously, increasingly for the benefit of the wealthy and powerful.Atossa Abrahamian traces the rise of the hidden globe to thirteenthcentury Switzerland, where poor cantons marketed the commodity they had&mdashbodies, in the form of mercenary fighters. Following its evolution around the world, she reveals how prizewinning economists, eccentric theorists, visionary statesmen, and consultants masterminded its export in the form of free trade zones, flags of convenience, offshore detention centers where immigrants languish in limbo, and charter cities controlled by by foreign governments and multinational foreign corporations&mdashand even into outer space, where tiny Luxembourg aspires to mining rights on asteroids.By mapping the hidden geography that decides who wins and who loses in this new global order&mdashand how it...
Binding: Hardback;400 pages; Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Int Ltd - MDL; Classification: JKVK; Weight: 670 g; Dimensions: 242 x 161 x 30
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This book did nothing less than make me resee the world . . . Original, and very clever Sathnam Sanghera, author of EmpirelandBorders draw one map of the world money draws another. A journalist&rsquos riveting account exposes a parallel universe exempt from the laws of the land, and how the wealthy and powerful benefit from it.The map of the globe shows the world we think we know sovereign nations that grant and restrict their citizens&rsquo rights. Beneath, above, and tucked inside its neatly delineated borders, however, a parallel universe has been engineered into existence, consisting of thousands of extraterritorial zones that operate largely autonomously, increasingly for the benefit of the wealthy and powerful.Atossa Abrahamian traces the rise of the hidden globe to thirteenthcentury Switzerland, where poor cantons marketed the commodity they had&mdashbodies, in the form of mercenary fighters. Following its evolution around the world, she reveals how prizewinning economists, eccentric theorists, visionary statesmen, and consultants masterminded its export in the form of free trade zones, flags of convenience, offshore detention centers where immigrants languish in limbo, and charter cities controlled by by foreign governments and multinational foreign corporations&mdashand even into outer space, where tiny Luxembourg aspires to mining rights on asteroids.By mapping the hidden geography that decides who wins and who loses in this new global order&mdashand how it...
Binding: Hardback;400 pages; Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Int Ltd - MDL; Classification: JKVK; Weight: 670 g; Dimensions: 242 x 161 x 30
Extended returns Orders placed after 29th October 2026 can be returned until 5th January 2027
Something not quite right? You have 21 days from the day you receive it, to send something back. When you purchase Debenhams Deliver+, you will have an extra 14 days on top of our standard 21-day window to initate a return.
Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.
Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.
Click here to view our full Returns Policy.
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
The Hidden Globe : How Wealth Hacks the World Hardback Book
“Refund was approved and back in my account the same day.” - Deliver+ customer
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