The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
by: Naomi Klein
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Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrineadvances a truly unnerving argument: historically, while people were reeling from natural disasters, wars and economic upheavals, savvy politicians and industry leaders nefariously implemented policies that would never have passed during less muddled times. As Klein demonstrates, this reprehensible game of bait-and-switch isn't just some relic from the bad old days. It's alive and well in contemporary society, and coming soon to a disaster area near you.
"At the most chaotic juncture in Iraq'' civil war, a new law is unveiled that will allow Shell and BP to claim the country's vast oil reserves Immediately following September 11, the Bush Administration quietly outsources the running of the 'War on Terror' to Halliburton and Blackwater After a tsunami wipes out the coasts of Southeast Asia, the pristine beaches are auctioned off to tourist resorts New Orleans residents, scattered from Hurricane Katrina, discover that their public housing, hospitals and schools will never be re-opened."Klein not only kicks butt, she names names, notably economist Milton Friedman and his radical Chicago School of the 1950s and 60s which she notes "produced many of the leading neo-conservative and neo-liberal thinkers whose influence is still profound in Washington today." Stand up and take a bow, Donald Rumsfeld.
There's little doubt Klein's book--which arrived to enormous attention and fanfare thanks to her previous missive, the best-selling No Logo, will stir the ire of the right and corporate America. It's also true that Klein's assertions are coherent, comprehensively researched and footnoted, and she makes a very credible case. Even if the world isn't going to hell in a hand-basket just yet, it's nice to know a sharp customer like Klein is bearing witness to the backroom machinations of government and industry in times of turmoil. --Kim Hughes
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In this groundbreaking alternative history of the most dominant ideology of our time, Milton Friedman's free-market economic revolution, Naomi Klein challenges the popular myth of this movement's peaceful global victory. From Chile in 1973 to Iraq today, Klein shows how Friedman and his followers have repeatedly harnessed terrible shocks and violence to implement their radical policies. As John Gray wrote in The Guardian, "There are very few books that really help us understand the present. The Shock Doctrine is one of those books."
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Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrineadvances a truly unnerving argument: historically, while people were reeling from natural disasters, wars and economic upheavals, savvy politicians and industry leaders nefariously implemented policies that would never have passed during less muddled times. As Klein demonstrates, this reprehensible game of bait-and-switch isn't just some relic from the bad old days. It's alive and well in contemporary society, and coming soon to a disaster area near you.
"At the most chaotic juncture in Iraq'' civil war, a new law is unveiled that will allow Shell and BP to claim the country's vast oil reserves Immediately following September 11, the Bush Administration quietly outsources the running of the 'War on Terror' to Halliburton and Blackwater After a tsunami wipes out the coasts of Southeast Asia, the pristine beaches are auctioned off to tourist resorts New Orleans residents, scattered from Hurricane Katrina, discover that their public housing, hospitals and schools will never be re-opened."Klein not only kicks butt, she names names, notably economist Milton Friedman and his radical Chicago School of the 1950s and 60s which she notes "produced many of the leading neo-conservative and neo-liberal thinkers whose influence is still profound in Washington today." Stand up and take a bow, Donald Rumsfeld.
There's little doubt Klein's book--which arrived to enormous attention and fanfare thanks to her previous missive, the best-selling No Logo, will stir the ire of the right and corporate America. It's also true that Klein's assertions are coherent, comprehensively researched and footnoted, and she makes a very credible case. Even if the world isn't going to hell in a hand-basket just yet, it's nice to know a sharp customer like Klein is bearing witness to the backroom machinations of government and industry in times of turmoil. --Kim Hughes
Product Description:
In this groundbreaking alternative history of the most dominant ideology of our time, Milton Friedman's free-market economic revolution, Naomi Klein challenges the popular myth of this movement's peaceful global victory. From Chile in 1973 to Iraq today, Klein shows how Friedman and his followers have repeatedly harnessed terrible shocks and violence to implement their radical policies. As John Gray wrote in The Guardian, "There are very few books that really help us understand the present. The Shock Doctrine is one of those books."
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In her ground-breaking reporting from Iraq, Naomi Klein exposed how the trauma of invasion was being exploited to remake the country in the interest of foreign corporations. She called it “disaster capitalism.” Covering Sri Lanka in the wake of the tsunami, and New Orleans post-Katrina, she witnessed something remarkably similar. People still reeling from catastrophe were being hit again, this time with economic “shock treatment” losing their land and homes to rapid-fire corporate makeovers.
The Shock Doctrine retells the story of the most dominant ideology of our time, Milton Friedman’s free market economic revolution. In contrast to the popular myth of this movement’s peaceful global victory, Klein shows how it has exploited moments of shock and extreme violence in order to implement its economic policies in so many parts of the world from Latin America and Eastern Europe to South Africa, Russia, and Iraq. At the core of disaster capitalism is the use of cataclysmic events to advance radical privatization combined with the privatization of the disaster response itself. By capitalizing on crises, created by nature or war, Klein argues that the disaster capitalism complex now exists as a booming new economy, and is the violent culmination of a radical economic project that has been incubating for fifty years.
The Shock Doctrine retells the story of the most dominant ideology of our time, Milton Friedman’s free market economic revolution. In contrast to the popular myth of this movement’s peaceful global victory, Klein shows how it has exploited moments of shock and extreme violence in order to implement its economic policies in so many parts of the world from Latin America and Eastern Europe to South Africa, Russia, and Iraq. At the core of disaster capitalism is the use of cataclysmic events to advance radical privatization combined with the privatization of the disaster response itself. By capitalizing on crises, created by nature or war, Klein argues that the disaster capitalism complex now exists as a booming new economy, and is the violent culmination of a radical economic project that has been incubating for fifty years.
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- J Gwinn
Will US citizens be subjected to "shock therapy" by the subprime crisis(a form of disaster capitalism) If you read Naomi Klein's book the faint outlines become very clear..very frightening...
Klein through a series of case studies document how the IMF/world bank either take advantage of disasters or create them for the benefit of multinational banks/manufactures/mineral extraction/travel industry interests. The Chicago School of Economics theorists private the false economic doctrines ... Read More
Rating: - From the lady who called Bush: "extortionist-in-chief", brilliant work!
Naomi Klein explains the shock doctrine as the political stratigy that exploits crisis and desperation of the masses to create a magical way out of a crisis and enact policies that would never be approved in "normal times".The shock doctrine frequently applies to a situation where developing countries need foreign aid, because they're facing a disaster, and that presents an opportunity to promote extremely unpopular pro-corporate policies. As a result of governments' deception, the majority of people ... Read More
Rating: - Unfortunate title
The book has an unfortunate title, as it belies the quality of content. This book and another, Web of Debt (ISBN: 0979560829), complement each other. If readers read both books and correlate the information, they will see greed reflected in history on a grand scale. What is even grander in scale is the absolute ignorance and impotence of the global populace in dealing with manipulation and exploitation by international banks and businesses. Unfortunately, the masses are unable in the main to get their political ... Read More
Rating: - Shock Doctrine
It arrived without the paper cover, but I got it for super cheap, so I don't mind.
The Book peels back the layers of history that brought us to where we are today, and forbodes a dark future unless we realize what's really going on behind the scenes, independent of which party occupies the halls of power.
Rating: - Eye & mind opener
This is one of the most shocking books I've ever read.It has opened my eyes to the corruption of government, and the propaganda that paints pure capitalism as a false god. Unfortunately, it has also shown me that the USA isn't the "good guys" we portray ourselves to be, but a bunch of greedy multinationals. I've long known that every war since the dawn of time has been started for greed; more land, more people, more religious converts, more money, more resources, more power, etc. However, I didn't know quite how ... Read More
- J GwinnWill US citizens be subjected to "shock therapy" by the subprime crisis(a form of disaster capitalism) If you read Naomi Klein's book the faint outlines become very clear..very frightening...
Klein through a series of case studies document how the IMF/world bank either take advantage of disasters or create them for the benefit of multinational banks/manufactures/mineral extraction/travel industry interests. The Chicago School of Economics theorists private the false economic doctrines ... Read More
- From the lady who called Bush: "extortionist-in-chief", brilliant work!Naomi Klein explains the shock doctrine as the political stratigy that exploits crisis and desperation of the masses to create a magical way out of a crisis and enact policies that would never be approved in "normal times".The shock doctrine frequently applies to a situation where developing countries need foreign aid, because they're facing a disaster, and that presents an opportunity to promote extremely unpopular pro-corporate policies. As a result of governments' deception, the majority of people ... Read More
- Unfortunate titleThe book has an unfortunate title, as it belies the quality of content. This book and another, Web of Debt (ISBN: 0979560829), complement each other. If readers read both books and correlate the information, they will see greed reflected in history on a grand scale. What is even grander in scale is the absolute ignorance and impotence of the global populace in dealing with manipulation and exploitation by international banks and businesses. Unfortunately, the masses are unable in the main to get their political ... Read More
- Shock DoctrineIt arrived without the paper cover, but I got it for super cheap, so I don't mind.
The Book peels back the layers of history that brought us to where we are today, and forbodes a dark future unless we realize what's really going on behind the scenes, independent of which party occupies the halls of power.
- Eye & mind openerThis is one of the most shocking books I've ever read.It has opened my eyes to the corruption of government, and the propaganda that paints pure capitalism as a false god. Unfortunately, it has also shown me that the USA isn't the "good guys" we portray ourselves to be, but a bunch of greedy multinationals. I've long known that every war since the dawn of time has been started for greed; more land, more people, more religious converts, more money, more resources, more power, etc. However, I didn't know quite how ... Read More
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