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"With elegant prose and vivid ethnographic detail, Outlaw Capital reveals how the class conflicts at the heart of Paraguay's globalized illicit economies have built nothing less than an entire city. It's a compelling and well-told story.--Teo Ballvé ""author of The Frontier Effect: State Formation and Violence in Colombia"""

"A story told from the borderlands between Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil, Outlaw Capital upends commonsensical notions about capitalism and corruption everywhere. Here is a riveting and beautifully rendered ethnography of contraband trade and the lives of poor, racialized street vendors. It is also an unflinching critique of the powerful politicians and elite financiers who stand most to benefit from economic transgressions and their selective 'whitening' or legalization. A massive contribution to critical corruption studies and the political economy of racial capitalism.--Malini Ranganathan ""coauthor of Corruption Plots: Stories, Ethics, and Publics of the Late Capitalist City"" With elegant prose and vivid ethnographic detail, Outlaw Capital reveals how the class conflicts at the heart of Paraguay's globalized illicit economies have built nothing less than an entire city. It's a compelling and well-told story.--Teo Ballvé ""author of The Frontier Effect: State Formation and Violence in Colombia"""

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Jennifer L. Tucker is assistant professor in the Community and Regional Planning Department at the University of New Mexico. She has published articles in journals such as Antipode, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, and Planning Theory, among others.

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