The Looting Machine

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An extremely engaging and disturbing work of investigative journalism, the looting machine tells the tale of the systematic theft of africa's natural wealth in the post-colonial world. burgis is incredibly well-researched and thorough in his investigation of the 'looting machines' which make some of the wealthiest nations in the world, the poorest. this text is informative but engaging- and i've come away from it not only with an understanding of the mechanism of this corruption, but also a real sense of the key players involved. at times it was dense and bleak reading- but on the whole was very enlightening. we are all complicit