Reading The Shock Doctrine, I got flashbacks to reading No Logo all those years ago when I was a student. Klein's writing was eye-opening back then, and her case studies and research made even a dry brick of a book a project that I could not set down. It is the same experience with this one. The ...
I'm largely convinced by this book, though it does feel a bit thin overall, and more than once I found myself shying away from the alarmism that seems to run beneath it. Still, Klein has an awful lot of believable facts on her side; enough to paint the picture of a powerful group of people only too ...
What take me so long? It is my bad. This is a 5 stars book and a must read for those who want to understand how the system created poor, and how government could systematically oppressed and tortured unionists and activists under the guidance of Milton Friedman and his Chicago boys. This is a great ...
Klein spins an interesting yarn about the connection between capitalism, neoliberal politics and torture. Whether some of the details are true is up for discussion. Whether her thesis is an indictment of "disaster capitalism" or of plain old human nature is another big question.The connection betwee...
Brilliant!An exhaustive account of the dominating economic force over the past generation. Yes, we are bombarded about the wonders of 'Free-Trade' and 'Privatization' but 'Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism' is a formidable missing voice among the din of adulation.Anyone willing to sel...
I had previously read No Logo after a friend loaned me a copy and I was quite impressed with Klein's take on modern consumer culture and how it destroys our sense of identity when all forms of culture are focused on the acquisition of wealth, however I will go into much deeper detail when I look at ...
Colour me green but this is revolting. No wonder so many still think that Bush had a hand in 2001, or that China and Russia smirk at the hypocrisy of US pointing the finger and shouting 'human right transgressors'.Penny drops - so this is somewhat of a cornerstone to Occupy and The New School.
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