Extractivism is understood as the appropriation of common goods to turn them into merchandise. Thanks to this pattern of accumulation, based on the over-exploitation of natural resources, a large part of the governments of Latin America are going through the global crisis without major cataclysms. This book raises, for the first time, a broad debate on the extractive model. Dive into its history, define its current scope, warn about its consequences and propose alternatives to a world besieged by the lack of control of corporations at the cost of the dispossession of many.

With essays by Alberto Acosta, Mirta A. Antonelli, Ana Ester Ceceña, Gustavo Esteva, Norma Giarracca, Eduardo Gudynas, Tomás Palmisano, Raúl Prada Alcoreza, Maristella Svampa, Miguel Teubal and Raúl Zibechi.