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

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780141024530
ISBN: 0141024534
Label: Penguin Books Ltd
Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd
Number Of Pages: 576
Publication Date: May 01, 2008
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Studio: Penguin Books Ltd
Sales Rank: 377

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Editorial Review:

John le Carré :
`Impassioned, hugely informative, wonderfully controversial, and scary as hell'

John Berger:
`Packed with thinking dynamite ... a book to be read everywhere'

Metro, Books of the Year:
'If you read only one non-fiction book this year, make it this one'

Observer, Books of the Year :
`Lucid, calm, impeccably researched, gorgeously readable'

Arundhati Roy:
`A brilliant, brave and terrifying book'

Book Description:
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.

Synopsis:
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.

Customer Reviews

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- The second colonial pillage and the essence of dehumanization
Naomi Klein unveils in this hard-hitting book (naming names) extremely clearly the economic utopia and the shameful realities resulting from the neo-liberal policies of the Chicago School of Economics, also called `The Washington Consensus'.

What
Its defenders claim that the free market is a perfect scientific system, in which individuals acting on their own self-interested desire, create the maximum benefit for all.
But, as no country or city wanted to implement deliberately their policies, its powerful fundamentalist defenders, together with their long arm, the IMF, used and created shocks (wars, military coups, political upheavals, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, epidemics, energy and resource shortages) to ... Read More:

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- What's really going on
Read and weep - Klein exposes the real power behind the world throne and the shoddy, extraordinary greed of the few who are happy to make money from the world's poor. Oh actually - BY making the rest of the world poor. The compelling story of how Milton Friedman's Chicago Boys realised that catastrophe gave them a vital window of opportunity in which to snatch and grab, in countries worldwide, starting with some "experiments" in Latin America. It's no news to economists, but it is to the rest of us - governments in "transition", such as Poland under Solidarity, were forced to seek help from the World Bank and IMF, only to be told that essential loans came with unbearable hardship and economic ruin for their citizens. Forced privatisations of ... Read More:

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- Fragile democracy
This book has shocked me thoroughly. In Denmark, we currently have a liberal government slowly dismantling our welfare system, which some would say is about high time since we have the highest taxes in the world. But reading the Shock Doctrine I have become a staunch believer in a social democratic society. I will happily pay my high taxes if I can trust my government is spending them right. The alternative is not an option for me. A happy society is one where all people have true opportunities, where very few are poor, and where those who are not able to fend for themselves are helped to lead a decent life by the society.
What is so ironic about Naomi Klein's revelations is the fact that the US shout out to anyone who cares to listen ... Read More:

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- The definition of Journalism: This is what our newspapers should have reported.
When I purchased this book, there were reviews here on Amazon that slated it. I question the motive for these reviews, as no one can read this book and doubt her understanding of capitalism, and her inexhaustible research defies any claim of a "rant". This book shows the readers what the powers that be distracted the public from. I would recommend everyone reads this book, as this book deserves to be read, not just from the calibre of the writing, the construction of its message, and the depth of the research's scouring; but from the sheer magnitude of the crimes, and that comprehending the means enables this virus's vaccination.

A standard of journalism worthy of Chomsky.

Rating:

- A Must-read
This is a wonderfully readable, depressing, and very persuasive account. It's not a rant. Highly recommended.

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