Shock Doctrine

The Rise Of Disaster Capitalism

BY NAOMI KLEIN

Brief Description:
Naomi Klein exposed how the trauma of the Iraqi invasion was being exploited to remake the country in the interest of foreign corporations, calling it "disaster capitalism." She saw something remarkably similar in post- tsunami Sri Lanka & post-Katrina New Orleans. People still reeling from catastrophe were being hit with economic "shock treatment", losing land & homes to rapid-fire corporate makeovers. This book reframes the story of a dominant ideology of our time, Milton Friedman's free market economic revolution. Klein shows how it's become a booming new economy, exploiting moments of extreme shock & violence in order to globally implement its economic policies.

Picador 2008 720 PP. Paper

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