I’m really not sure how to phrase this, but I understand that the first world enjoys a high level of material abundance, comfort, convenience, and privilege (“treats”) off of the backs of third world, sweatshop, child labour. From children mining for minerals that go into computer chips in the congo, to bengali women labouring in designer clothing sweatshops for pennies. What I don’t really have are books about that go indepth about this phenomenon and how it developed (and by this phenomenon I mean imperialism in the modern day)

I’ve only taken a cursorary glance through it but I think “A brief history of neoliberalism” by David Harvey might fit what I’m looking for

  • D61 [any]
    ·
    2 years ago

    Anybody around here have any idea if Parenti's Against Empire would be relevant to OP?

    Is this one set up more like a primer to give the general outlines or is this more of a deep dive into the subject?