Books We Love :: Naomi Klein / The Shock Doctrine

With banks falling like dominoes and our elected officials indebting us blind under false pretenses, The Shock Doctrine should be required reading for us all. Naomi Klein takes us on a historical journey exposing how Milton Friedman’s “free market” policies have been implemented in countries around the world – by creating panic and passing legislation during a ‘crisis actual or perceived.’ From the Patriot Act passed after 9/11 which privatized most of our military to the vast re-appropriation of the Gulf Coast, its hospitals and schools after Katrina, Klein systematically takes us through a history that dates back to the ’50s and makes rounds in just about every continent.  Unfortunately most economics courses and our mainstream media leave these details out, making it seem that globalization and these free market policies have been implemented under transparent circumstances. This is far from the truth. – Moni Pineda

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