Financialization of Nature

Abstract

Book review López, V., Concha, E., Meireles, M. y Mendoza, Antonio (coords.) 2022. Financiarización de la naturaleza: entre efectos geopolíticos y emergencia de alternativas en América Latina, BUAP-Ed. del Lirio

This book is divided into three parts, the first: "Financialization, geopolitics and nature" referring to the processes in Latin America (LA); the second, "Case studies: water, energy and raw materials" analyzes the impact on resources and the logic of capital accumulation to maximize profits; the third, "Emergence of alternatives in Latin America" shows different reflections on other possibilities of socioeconomic organization.