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Author Palast, Greg.

Title Vultures' picnic : a Greg Palast investigation / Greg Palast.

Publication Info. New York : Dutton, 2011.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  338.766 PALAST    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  338.7665 P17    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  338.766 PAL    Check Shelf
Description 404 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note "In pursuit of petroleum pigs, power pirates, and high-finance carnivores" -- Dust jacket.
Contents Goldfinger -- 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.
Summary Shares 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.
Subject Petroleum industry and trade -- Corrupt practices.
BP (Firm) -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Banks and banking, International -- Moral and ethical aspects.
International finance -- Moral and ethical aspects.
ISBN 9780525952077 alkaline paper $26.95
0525952071 alkaline paper
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