pfront this month is about capitalization. From the sale of Jesus paraphernalia to resource extraction in Latin America under the guise of the drug war, we're talking about profiting off of other people.

The idea of paying for water was once a paranoid sci-fi storyline but is now a reality in many places. Wars over oil aren't just something from Mad Max anymore, and we've even figured out how to reap profits from charity. Where does all this buying and selling end?

We're all pretty desensitized to the fact that you have to pay for everything these days and as the world becomes increasingly privatized, we seem to notice it less and less. So this issue we're taking a look at just a few of those things we take for granted.