Living Well at Others’ Expense

First published in German as Neben uns die Sintflut. Die Externalisierungsgesellschaft und ihr Preis © Hanser Berlin im Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich, 2016

This English edition © Polity Press, 2019

The translation of this work was supported by a grant from the Goethe-Institut.

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ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-2562-1

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Names: Lessenich, Stephan, author.

Title: Living well at others’ expense : the hidden costs of Western prosperity / Stephan Lessenich.

Other titles: Neben uns die Sintflut. English

Description: Medford, MA : polity, 2019. | “First published … as Neben uns die Sintflut. Die Externalisierungsgesellschaft und ihr Preis.” | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018041739 (print) | LCCN 2018043141 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509525652 (Epub) | ISBN 9781509525621 (hardback)

Subjects: LCSH: Social change–Economic aspects. | Globalization–Economic aspects. | Poverty–Social aspects–Developing countries. | Equality–Economic aspects. | Income distribution. | Environmental degradation–Developing countries.

Classification: LCC HM831 (ebook) | LCC HM831 .L4713 2019 (print) | DDC

339.22–dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018041739

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