The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
by Naomi Klein
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Manufacturer: Picador
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 330.122
EAN: 9780312427993
ISBN: 0312427999
Label: Picador
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 720
Publication Date: 2008-06-24
Publisher: Picador
Release Date: 2008-06-24
Studio: Picador
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Summary: Very Important Book
Comment: A great composite history of neoliberal political economy and the ways it has been instituted worldwide.
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Summary: The Truth Hurts as an American
Comment: This book truly broke my heart. I believed that the United States was the shining beacon on the hill, a light for all to see and aspire to. I learned that we are not. We have been a participant in every ugly war and battle that has stolen freedom from others that has ever occured. We have stolen what is good in other cultures and mad it ugly. We have done this in the name of money and power. We have been guilty of these crimes inspite of the pretty propaganda slogans and powerful words we have chosen to believe are true. Martin Friedman's economic drives that led to the undoing of the economies and cultures of most of South America during the 1970's and 1980's, including Chile, Peru, Nicaragua, Panama, Brazil and Argentina, not to mention the damage done to Africa and other lands, among others, will remain a stain on the trustworthiness of the people of the United States for ever and ever and ever into the future. Read this book and learn why this is true.....And if you dare to believe this is not true, read it and tell me how it is not so....
Customer Rating:
Summary: understand capitalism and how the markets affect everyday life
Comment: I read this book last spring and was both fascinated and appalled at what I learned. This book is a thoroughly documented chronology of the implementation of Friedman free market economics theory and the methods and extent in which economists have gone to implement this theory into working practice. The author spotlights numerous historical incidents that our media glossed over and in many instances completely misrepresented. This book opened my eyes to some of the things that have been happening without the general public's consent or knowledge. There's an elite group of politicians and economists that are driving the markets and implementing policies that are truely to the detriment of the general populace and aimed at solidifying corporate control of our government, laws, and tax dollars for their benefit and wealth. after reading this book you'll better understand the motivation of the TARP "bailouts" as well as Myanmar Governments' refusal of assistance after the devastating cyclone that hit that country. I consider this book a MUST READ and bought 4 more copies for family for Christmas presents.
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Summary: A re-packaging of ideas expressed better elsewhere
Comment: Like Malcolm Gladwell, Naomi Klein is expert in taking well-established, complex ideas and reducing and re-packaging them as if they were her own. Brilliant marketing, but not deep thinking. Still, a decent introduction to the concept, but if you want to know more, just google "creative destruction" or look up Friedrich Nietzsche, Mikhail Bakunin, or Joseph Schumpeter. Also Werner Sombart's War and Capitalism: "again out of destruction a new spirit of creativity arises".
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Summary: Read This Book If You Enjoy Malicious Drivel
Comment: This book is neoliberal propaganda which libels and intentionally distorts the great Milton Friedman beyond all recognition.
The real "Shock Doctrine" is the shocking ability of libs like Klein to fabricate blatant lies to further their agenda of repressive government tyranny.
Indeed, the next crisis will be the complete meltdown of the U.S. economy resulting from the debasement of the dollar by Bush and Obama. The solution we choose will determine whether we are going down the road to serfdom, or shaking off the final grasping tenacles of socialism. I would hope we will embrace the precious freedom we inherited from our founding fathers and protected by the sacrifices of our brave service men and women.
However reading reviews by the kool-aid drinkers, I am not optimistic that we have learned the important lessons which Friedman taught. I fear we will repeat the mistakes of the past and suffer for generations. This will be most tragic for our children and grandchildren.
Milton Friedman was a kind and benevolent man who is largely responsible for the spread of freedom, democracy and free markets around the world.
It is ironic that Klein claims that Friedman's policies made Chile worse off! Actually Chile is rated as the eighth most free country in the world economically. But the reviewer faults Chile with having unequal income distribution -- just like the U.S. Never mind that the poorest folks who live in freedom are more prosperous than the richest in Marxist "utopias" like Klein adores.
http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/countries.cfm
For a more comprehensive review see the excellent essay: The Klein Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Polemics
by Johan Norberg. http://www.cato.org/pubs/bp/bp102.pdf
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Very Important Book
Comment: A great composite history of neoliberal political economy and the ways it has been instituted worldwide.
Customer Rating:
Summary: The Truth Hurts as an American
Comment: This book truly broke my heart. I believed that the United States was the shining beacon on the hill, a light for all to see and aspire to. I learned that we are not. We have been a participant in every ugly war and battle that has stolen freedom from others that has ever occured. We have stolen what is good in other cultures and mad it ugly. We have done this in the name of money and power. We have been guilty of these crimes inspite of the pretty propaganda slogans and powerful words we have chosen to believe are true. Martin Friedman's economic drives that led to the undoing of the economies and cultures of most of South America during the 1970's and 1980's, including Chile, Peru, Nicaragua, Panama, Brazil and Argentina, not to mention the damage done to Africa and other lands, among others, will remain a stain on the trustworthiness of the people of the United States for ever and ever and ever into the future. Read this book and learn why this is true.....And if you dare to believe this is not true, read it and tell me how it is not so....
Customer Rating:
Summary: understand capitalism and how the markets affect everyday life
Comment: I read this book last spring and was both fascinated and appalled at what I learned. This book is a thoroughly documented chronology of the implementation of Friedman free market economics theory and the methods and extent in which economists have gone to implement this theory into working practice. The author spotlights numerous historical incidents that our media glossed over and in many instances completely misrepresented. This book opened my eyes to some of the things that have been happening without the general public's consent or knowledge. There's an elite group of politicians and economists that are driving the markets and implementing policies that are truely to the detriment of the general populace and aimed at solidifying corporate control of our government, laws, and tax dollars for their benefit and wealth. after reading this book you'll better understand the motivation of the TARP "bailouts" as well as Myanmar Governments' refusal of assistance after the devastating cyclone that hit that country. I consider this book a MUST READ and bought 4 more copies for family for Christmas presents.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A re-packaging of ideas expressed better elsewhere
Comment: Like Malcolm Gladwell, Naomi Klein is expert in taking well-established, complex ideas and reducing and re-packaging them as if they were her own. Brilliant marketing, but not deep thinking. Still, a decent introduction to the concept, but if you want to know more, just google "creative destruction" or look up Friedrich Nietzsche, Mikhail Bakunin, or Joseph Schumpeter. Also Werner Sombart's War and Capitalism: "again out of destruction a new spirit of creativity arises".
Customer Rating:
Summary: Read This Book If You Enjoy Malicious Drivel
Comment: This book is neoliberal propaganda which libels and intentionally distorts the great Milton Friedman beyond all recognition.
The real "Shock Doctrine" is the shocking ability of libs like Klein to fabricate blatant lies to further their agenda of repressive government tyranny.
Indeed, the next crisis will be the complete meltdown of the U.S. economy resulting from the debasement of the dollar by Bush and Obama. The solution we choose will determine whether we are going down the road to serfdom, or shaking off the final grasping tenacles of socialism. I would hope we will embrace the precious freedom we inherited from our founding fathers and protected by the sacrifices of our brave service men and women.
However reading reviews by the kool-aid drinkers, I am not optimistic that we have learned the important lessons which Friedman taught. I fear we will repeat the mistakes of the past and suffer for generations. This will be most tragic for our children and grandchildren.
Milton Friedman was a kind and benevolent man who is largely responsible for the spread of freedom, democracy and free markets around the world.
It is ironic that Klein claims that Friedman's policies made Chile worse off! Actually Chile is rated as the eighth most free country in the world economically. But the reviewer faults Chile with having unequal income distribution -- just like the U.S. Never mind that the poorest folks who live in freedom are more prosperous than the richest in Marxist "utopias" like Klein adores.
http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/countries.cfm
For a more comprehensive review see the excellent essay: The Klein Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Polemics
by Johan Norberg. http://www.cato.org/pubs/bp/bp102.pdf
In this groundbreaking alternative history of the most dominant ideology of our time, Milton Friedman's free-market economic revolution, Naomi Klein challenges the popular myth of this movement's peaceful global victory. From Chile in 1973 to Iraq today, Klein shows how Friedman and his followers have repeatedly harnessed terrible shocks and violence to implement their radical policies. As John Gray wrote in The Guardian, "There are very few books that really help us understand the present. The Shock Doctrine is one of those books."
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