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PAYDIRT
What the Search for Gold Has Cost the World
At the apex of the worldwide gold industry stands a multinational called Barrick Gold Corporation. Yet despite its manifold successes, Barrick remains a cypher. From its careful perch within the Canadian, American, and British mining establishments, it has jealously guarded its reputation, hiring public relations firms and bulldog lawyers to keep controversial stories buried.
How has this company avoided scrutiny for so long?
Investigative journalist Richard Poplak has followed Barrick and its subsidiaries wherever they are to be found. Told through a cast of characters who have worked for, gone up against, or been impacted by Barrick, PAYDIRT is a globetrotting corporate thriller based on deep research and on-the-ground reporting worldwide. It tells the story of Barrick from its inception to its forays into some of the most brutally contested mining properties in the developing world.
As the narrative unfolds, the book becomes about much more than just a single mining company, however big and influential. It tells the story of modern multinationals and the financial, legal, and political systems in which they operate. Barrick is not uniquely awful. Instead, it is entirely representative - not just of the gold mining industry, or even of the extractive sector, but of multinationals in the 21st century.
As with the work of Michael Lewis or the classic Barbarians at the Gate, PAYDIRT employs deeply examined characters and carefully reported situations to tell the rollicking story of a single corporate entity, and what it has to teach us about our intricate and deeply unequal economic system. In so doing, it helps articulate a possible future that is fairer, cleaner and far less brutal.
South African born and Canadian raised, Richard Poplak is an award-winning author, journalist, and filmmaker. He has become one of the most widely read and controversial political journalists in South Africa, editing at large for the Daily Maverick. Poplak has reported from over 25 developing countries for the Financial Times, Atlantic Monthly, and The Guardian, among others. His work has been anthologized numerous times, and he frequently appears on Al Jazeera, BBC, CBC, and elsewhere. He is a former Rockefeller Fellow, and a recipient of the Bookmark Award for the best journalist in South Africa. As a member in the GuptaLeaks team, he helped break one of the biggest stories in South African media history. The journalistic consortium won the Taco Kuiper Investigative Journalism award, Vodacom Journalist of the Year, and was cited for a Nat Nkasa Bravery in Journalism award. In 2019, the team won the prestigious 2019 Global Shining Light award, the highest honor in investigative journalism.
Investigative journalist Richard Poplak has followed Barrick and its subsidiaries wherever they are to be found. Told through a cast of characters who have worked for, gone up against, or been impacted by Barrick, PAYDIRT is a globetrotting corporate thriller based on deep research and on-the-ground reporting worldwide. It tells the story of Barrick from its inception to its forays into some of the most brutally contested mining properties in the developing world.
As the narrative unfolds, the book becomes about much more than just a single mining company, however big and influential. It tells the story of modern multinationals and the financial, legal, and political systems in which they operate. Barrick is not uniquely awful. Instead, it is entirely representative - not just of the gold mining industry, or even of the extractive sector, but of multinationals in the 21st century.
As with the work of Michael Lewis or the classic Barbarians at the Gate, PAYDIRT employs deeply examined characters and carefully reported situations to tell the rollicking story of a single corporate entity, and what it has to teach us about our intricate and deeply unequal economic system. In so doing, it helps articulate a possible future that is fairer, cleaner and far less brutal.
South African born and Canadian raised, Richard Poplak is an award-winning author, journalist, and filmmaker. He has become one of the most widely read and controversial political journalists in South Africa, editing at large for the Daily Maverick. Poplak has reported from over 25 developing countries for the Financial Times, Atlantic Monthly, and The Guardian, among others. His work has been anthologized numerous times, and he frequently appears on Al Jazeera, BBC, CBC, and elsewhere. He is a former Rockefeller Fellow, and a recipient of the Bookmark Award for the best journalist in South Africa. As a member in the GuptaLeaks team, he helped break one of the biggest stories in South African media history. The journalistic consortium won the Taco Kuiper Investigative Journalism award, Vodacom Journalist of the Year, and was cited for a Nat Nkasa Bravery in Journalism award. In 2019, the team won the prestigious 2019 Global Shining Light award, the highest honor in investigative journalism.
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