Legal illegalities

Outlaw Capital: Everyday Illegalities and the Making of Uneven Development, Jennifer Tucker, 2023, University of Georgia Press

Transgression with all its messy consequences, writes Jennifer Tucker, is crucial to the reproduction of capitalism.

And places like Ciudad del Este in Paraguay are critically important examples of . . .

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Categories: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, South America

Gavin O'Toole

I've spent much of my career in journalism and newspaper production: worked as a sub-editor and in other production roles at major UK newspapers including the Financial Times, The Guardian, The Observer and the Daily Telegraph / Sunday Telegraph. Covering business, finance, regulation, Latin American affairs and more. As a journalist and freelance writer I've contributed to many publications: work appears in outlets such as Al Jazeera, Public Finance, Global Government Forum, among others. Also an an award-winning writer of short stories and novelist. 

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