{"product_id":"implosion-an-economic-thriller-about-war-environmental-destruction-and-corporate-greed-hardcover","title":"Implosion: An Economic Thriller about War, Environmental Destruction and Corporate Greed - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Koenig\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e... there, at the main entrance of the World Bank was this large inscription\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A World without Poverty Is Our Dream.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHe couldn't go wrong, he thought.\u003cbr\u003e Today, he often thinks the sentence should have been completed: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e... And we make sure it will just remain a dream.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this riveting economic thriller, Paul Jordan, a renegade World Banker, and Moni Cheng, an Andean woman who leads a socio-environmental nongovernmental organization in the Peruvian Amazon, endure kidnappings, bombings, and deadly chases in their fight against boundless capitalism, destructive economic policies, and corporate greed that are wreaking worldwide social injustice and destroying the globe's richest zones of biodiversity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTogether, Jordan and Cheng expose corporate ruthlessness, military brutality, and Machiavellian economic policies of the foremost financial ivory towers of Washington, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund. With other visionaries from around the globe, Jordan and Cheng untiringly disseminate truth and candid information about the calamities caused by this cruel machinery. And against all odds, they mobilize the power of the people.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichly detailed, grounded in actual events and statistics, and complete with notes from author and former World Bank economist Peter Koenig, \u003ci\u003eImplosion\u003c\/i\u003e is both an unsettling, gripping novel and a powerful commentary on the realities of the modern world's corporatocracy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ewww.Implosion.pk@rcn.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.08 x 9.24 x 6.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 04, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53390851834221,"sku":"9780595693917","price":38.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/ZSt3RUlxZ1dkSXBra29WbUJTdW9rZz09.webp?v=1780210355","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/implosion-an-economic-thriller-about-war-environmental-destruction-and-corporate-greed-hardcover","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}