The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism | Naomi Klein

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	The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Naomi Klein Metropolitan Books, 2007 - 576 pages average customer review:based on 288 reviews view larger image
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A Wake Up Call

This is one of those books that makes you wonder when your brain went on vacation. I've been aware of corporatization and globalization for many years, but this book really helped me connect the dots. If you thought the neocons were conspiring against you, you were right. Read this book, then get angry and get even.

Must read

All I can say about this book is "MUST READ". This book has been vetted and it has many reference sightings.

Which country was the "evil empire"?

The Shock Doctrine answers many questions I have raised in recent years. Naomi Klein creates a seamless narrative of the deliberate destruction of freedoms in countries all around the world, and lays the blame squarely on Milton Friedman and the Chicago School. Though it is entirely possible that not every instance she describes can be directly attibuted to the abuses of Friedmanism - and I would have preferred even more documentation - the pattern is clear as she sets it out.

This book is well written and well researched. It has changed my thinking about the history of the United States, and it makes me wonder whether we (the U.S.) hasn't done as much if not more damage to our "friends" (including Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Poland, Russia, South Korea, and others) than the former Soviet Union did to its satellites.

When did our government decide that only economic freedom was important, and that political freedom could be suppressed indefinitely?

Before Milton Friedman it was the United Fruit Company and many other meddling U.S. corporations who changed history by manipulating U.S. foreign policy. Friedman found a way to make himself look like a hero (he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize) when he may rank right up there with a few infamous tyrants I might name.

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