Licensed Larceny

Nicholas Hildyard works with the research and solidarity group, The Corner House, UK

• 1 Mise-en-scène: the injustices of wealth 2 A study in financial extraction: Lesotho's national referral hospital3 Infrastructure as financial extraction4 Extraction in motion - infrastructure-as-asset-class5 Infrastructure corridors, frontier finance and the vulnerabilities 6 Reflections for activism

'Licensed Larceny is an extraordinary accomplishment. With stunning clarity, Hildyard reveals just how deeply financial power has penetrated our everyday lives - with devastating consequences. This is a tour de force political economy of financialization, and a remarkably accessible introduction to the sordid world of finance - for students, scholars, and activists alike.'Jason W. Moore, Associate Professor at Binghamton University and author of Capitalism in the Web of Life‘Licensed Larceny is only about a hundred pages — really more a monograph than a book — but despite Hildyard’s economy of prose the book packs more information than many books three times that length.’Kevin Carson , Center for a Stateless Society‘Hildyard provides an impressive first step into the neglected area of infrastructural finance. Licensed Larceny is highly recommended for anyone, inside or outside universities, with an interest in mega-projects, infrastructure and industrial corridors.’Alexander Dunlap, Interface: a journal for and about social movements Book reviews Volume 9 (1)