Christian Parenti is an Associate Professor of Economics at John Jay College, City University of New York. His undergraduate and graduate teaching, and research, focus on American economic history, environmental history, and the history of capitalism; climate change, and sustainable energy; as well as war, policing, and political violence. His books include 'Radical Hamilton: Economic Lessons from a Misunderstood Founder,' (Verso, 2020); 'Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence,' (Nation Books, 2011); 'The Freedom: Shadows and Hallucinations in Occupied Iraq,' (The New Press, 2004); 'The Soft Cage: Surveillance from Slavery to the War on Terror,' (Basic Books, 2003); and 'Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis' (1999/2008, Verso). Previously, as a journalist, he reported extensively from Afghanistan, Iraq, and various parts of Africa, Asia, and Latin America for The Nation, Fortune, The London Review Books, The New York Times, and various other publications.

 

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