The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

from 06nwingert

Shock Doctrine is a brillant expose on world economics and politics. Naomi Klein follows in the footsteps of Upton Singclair as a muckracking, investigating journalist. The Shock Doctrine, Klein argues, is an attempt by politicians on both sides of the isle to exploit disasters, including economi...

from deebee1

This book challenges the myth of the infallibility of neo-liberal, free market theory, aggressively advanced by Milton Friedman and the Chicago School since the 1960s. Privatization, deregulation, free trade, and decreased social spending comprise the package of neo-liberal economic policies, but...

from astrologerjenny

This is an amazing and clarifying book, the best non-fiction I've read in years. "The Shock Syndrome" is basically a history of economic colonialism during the last forty years. Klein researches everything in great detail, but the book never bogs down. It races all over the globe, from Chile to S...

from carlosemferreira

Naomi Klein's book is an impeccably researched, immensely informative and beautifully written punch to the stomach. It is possibly one of the most scary and irritating books I have read in a long time; one whose argument I don't want to believe, but one that I can't really disagree with. Tried ch...

from Ireadthereforeiam

In the light of Christchurch's recent devastating earthquakes, and ensuing changes to our school and education policies, I was excited to read in the first chapter about "Disaster Capitalism" being a well established method of pushing through unpopular economic reform. The economic reform is gene...