The Shock Doctrine : The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

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eBook, 826 pages

English language

Published Aug. 18, 2010 by Holt & Company, Henry.

ISBN:
978-1-4299-1948-7
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An introduction to "disaster capitalism" argues that the global free market has exploited crises, violence, and shock in the past three decades to promote radical privatization that benefits large corporations and powerful interest groups.

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reviewed The Shock Doctrine : The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

Do you know what you mean, when you say free-markets?

Deeply thoughtful book, which makes clear how Chicago school economics has completely screwed over so much of the world and for what? The origins of free-market economics is something everyone in the tech industry should read to truly understand the extent of some of those dreams.

Subjects

  • Capitalism
  • Free enterprise
  • Financial crises