
The Shock Doctrine
The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
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Narrated by:
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Jennifer Wiltsie
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By:
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Naomi Klein
The bestselling author of No Logo shows how the global "free market" has exploited crises and shock for three decades, from Chile to Iraq
In her groundbreaking reporting, Naomi Klein introduced the term "disaster capitalism." Whether covering Baghdad after the U.S. occupation, Sri Lanka in the wake of the tsunami, or 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. Klein argues that by capitalizing on crises, created by nature or war, 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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Please don't say depressing, this book is infuriating and motivating. We can't afford to be depressed.
WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING!!!
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The Narration fits the book. Somewhat gloomy and dour.
It's worth a listen to whomever is interested in disaster economics.
Interesting book that seems mostly plausible
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Great!
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5/5
A torch bearer
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amazing in the detail it gives toward our economy
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Klein succinctly paints the scenarios which Milton Friedman created via his disciples, causing untold damage to the world while attempting to create their utopian society where government only exists to enforce contracts and protect the nation from outsiders. An excellent companion to A Brief History of Neo-Liberalism by David Harvey.
An Essential Work of Recent History!
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Hard hitting.
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sobering and informative
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Must Read
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