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The Looting Machine by Tom Burgis

The Looting Machine

By Tom Burgis

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About The Looting Machine

Tom Burgis investigates the networks that extract wealth from Africa's oil, minerals, and other resources. His reporting connects political elites, corporations, intermediaries, and armed groups, tracing the distance between valuable natural resources and the lives of the people around them.

Why I include it

I include this to connect global finance with resources, political power, and the human cost of extraction.

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Corruption & Global Finance

Adds African resource extraction and the connections between corporate wealth, political power, and violence.

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Which evidence supports the author's argument, and how does this account change the questions you bring to the other books in this section?

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I bring these books together to compare perspectives and develop judgment. No single author has the final word.

Key themes

  • Corruption & Global Finance

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“A brave, defiant book.”
— The New York Times

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