Disposable People exposes the disturbing reality of modern-day slavery within the global economy. Kevin Bales documents how millions of people worldwide are trapped in forced labor, debt bondage, sex trafficking, and other forms of exploitation. Through case studies and investigative research, Bales demonstrates how contemporary slavery persists through economic pressures, corruption, and globa…
Slavery is illegal throughout the world, yet more than twenty-seven million people are still trapped in one of history's oldest social institutions. Kevin Bales's disturbing story of slavery today reaches from brick kilns in Pakistan and brothels in Thailand to the offices of multinational corporations. His investigation of conditions in Mauritania, Brazil, Thailand, Pakistan, and India reveals…