The Shock Doctrine

The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

By: Naomi Klein

Narrated by: Jennifer Wiltsie

The bestselling author of No Logo shows how the global "free market" has exploited crises and shock for three decades, from Chile to Iraq

In her groundbreaking reporting, Naomi Klein introduced the term "disaster capitalism." Whether covering Baghdad after the U.S. occupation, Sri Lanka in the wake of the tsunami, or New Orleans post-Katrina, she witnessed something remarkably similar. People still reeling from catastrophe were being hit again, this time with economic "shock treatment," losing their land and homes to rapid-fire corporate makeovers.

The Shock Doctrine retells the story of the most dominant ideology of our time, Milton Friedman's free market economic revolution. In contrast to the popular myth of this movement's peaceful global victory, Klein shows how it has exploited moments of shock and extreme violence in order to implement its economic policies in so many parts of the world from Latin America and Eastern Europe to South Africa, Russia, and Iraq.

At the core of disaster capitalism is the use of cataclysmic events to advance radical privatization combined with the privatization of the disaster response itself. Klein argues that by capitalizing on crises, created by nature or war, the disaster capitalism complex now exists as a booming new economy, and is the violent culmination of a radical economic project that has been incubating for fifty years.

Critic reviews

“A movement bible.” —The New York Times on No Logo

“Klein is a sharp cultural critic and flawless storyteller. Her analysis is thorough and thoroughly engaging.” —Newsweek.com on No Logo

WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING!!!

Well, wonderful. Everybody is praising Naomi for her great work. After you're all done congratulating her, don't forget to dig in and get to work. Make sure everybody you know listens to this book. If only half of what she says is correct, then we are the evil empire. The evils done to the citizens of Iraq dwarf anything Hollywood can ever come up with. I am still conservative. But we need to get the spending power out of the hands of the Federal Government. We need to replace congress with men of courage and integrity who refuse funding from special interests.
Please don't say depressing, this book is infuriating and motivating. We can't afford to be depressed.

sobering and informative

my eyes have been opened to the immense disservice this ideology and it's purveyors are wreaking on humanity.

Interesting book that seems mostly plausible

This is an interesting book. Overall it has the basic premise that people in our government and corporations have colluded to "Never let a tragedy go to waste". It tells the story of some of these ideological leaders in our economy that have extreme views that will stop at nothing to make them a self fulfilling prophecy. This includes torture, insider deals that are corrupt, and anti-humanitarian actions.

The Narration fits the book. Somewhat gloomy and dour.

It's worth a listen to whomever is interested in disaster economics.

Great!

Fantastic book. Really exposes the bad actors and the sadistic abuses and failures of neo-liberalism.

There are no words

There are no words . Except Thank You NK…..I’m going to read everything you write and buy the book to educate others.