The Shock Doctrine

the rise of disaster capitalism

Hardcover, 558 pages

English language

Published Sept. 18, 2007 by Metropolitan Books.

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978-0-8050-7983-8
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4 stars (7 reviews)

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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5 stars

This is an absolutely phenomenal book. Having grown up in a country that has been on the receiving end of the titular shock doctrine, this book gave me the tools to better understand my experience. While I have always been aware of different aspects of the issue, I can now put all of it together and understand the bigger picture.

Naomi Klein has an excellent writing style, explaining her thoughts in very clear and understandable terms. I listened to the audio version, but when I checked out a written copy of the book, I was really impressed by the sheer amount of sources/references she names. That's why I believe that this work is not just a think piece, but a product of actual, serious research.

Overall I would 100% recommend reading The Shock Doctrine, just with a warning that it might make you very, very angry at the world.

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This was a very interesting, but incredibly difficult to read, book. On the one hand I'm glad to have become aware of all these hideous crimes US economists have perpetrated - or at least aided and abetted - since the 70s; on the other, I see what the author wrote in 2007 and look at what has happened since, and I still see that the corporations are winning and the people are losing.

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