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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Book

Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine is based on painstaking research and evidence to support her assertion that the spread of globalisation and free market enterprise is being developed by economists specialising in disaster capitalism. In market theory developed by Milton Friedman that runs counter to Keynesian economics underlying drivers to create a good society, disaster capitalism does exactly what it says on the tin; it thrives on the misfortunes of citizens recovering from oppression or natural disaster. Not merely an operation underpinned by the IMF, World Bank and the UN, Klein explains how disaster capitalists actively seek and create opportunities to buy state assets at massively undervalued rates at the point when states and countries are in shock and focused on trying to survive. These shock doctors see profit turnarounds from these previously thriving enterprises within short periods of time, whilst enforcing austeritory measures that leave hundreds of thousands without labour protections, with poorer terms and conditions, and an economic situation driven by the need for financial aid that creates unnecessary high unemployment and the inability to provide basic services.Naomi Klein states clear categorical examples of how this operates from the rise of Latin American dictatorships; to the fall of communism in Poland; the USSR and China; the ending of Apartheid and rise of the ANC in South Africa; post invasion Iraq and much more. This is a very important book that any thinking person should read. The Shock Doctrine will challenge the way ordinary people view capitalism in its current form and should leave us asking many questions about how modern societies are now structured in a way that undermines the very democracy that capitalism has previously sought to serve. Be under no illusion - this book is not a leftist rant but a piece of history that is hidden from view because of the way that politics and business are no longer distinct entities. Read More

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    Exposes the shock doctors and offers information and connections that show how the shock doctors' beliefs dominate our world - and how this domination has been achieved. This book tells the tale of how a few are making a killing while more are getting killed.

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    From the bestselling author of "No Logo" Naomi Klein's "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism" cracks open the secret history of our era to look at how from a privileged few are making millions from worldwide devastation. Around the world in Britain the United States Asia and the Middle East there are people with power who are cashing in on chaos; exploiting bloodshed and catastrophe to brutally remake our world in their image. They are the shock doctors. Exposing these global profiteers Naomi Klein discovered information and connections that shocked even her about how comprehensively the shock doctors' beliefs now dominate our world - and how this domination has been achieved. Raking in billions out of the tsunami plundering Russia exploiting Iraq - this is the chilling tale of how a few are making a killing while more are getting killed. "Packed with thinking dynamite ...a book to be read everywhere". (John Berger). "If you only read one non-fiction book this year make it this one". ("Metro Books of the Year"). "There are a few books that really help us understand the present. The Shock Doctrine is one of those books". (John Gray "Guardian")."A brilliant book written with a perfectly distilled anger channelled through hard fact. She has indeed surpassed No Logo". ("Independent"). Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist author and filmmaker. Her first book was the international bestseller "No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies" called 'a movement bible' by "The New York Times". "The Shock Doctrine" has been translated into more than twenty languages.

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    Around the world in Britain, the United States, Asia and the Middle East, there are people with power who are cashing in on chaos; exploiting bloodshed and catastrophe to brutally remake our world in their image. They are the shock doctors. Thrilling and revelatory, The Shock Doctrine cracks open the secret history of our era. Exposing these global profiteers, Naomi Klein discovered information and connections that shocked even her about how comprehensively the shock doctors' beliefs now dominate our world - and how this domination has been achieved. Raking in billions out of the tsunami, plundering Russia, exploiting Iraq - this is the chilling tale of how a few are making a killing while more are getting killed.

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    The Shock Doctrine : Paperback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780141024530 : : 01 May 2008 : Around the world in Britain, the United States, Asia and the Middle East, there are people with power who are cashing in on chaos; exploiting bloodshed and catastrophe to brutally remake our world in their image. They are the shock doctors. This is the tale of how a few are making a killing while more are getting killed.

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    Free markets, we're told, mean free people. Yet around the world this 'freedom' is being paid for in blood. When a catastrophe occurs - whether war, terrorist attack or natural disaster - there are people cleaning up and cashing in, using chaos to force through brutal economic punishment.

  • 0141024534
  • 9780141024530
  • Naomi Klein
  • 1 May 2008
  • Penguin
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 576
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