{"product_id":"the-shock-doctrine-the-rise-of-disaster-capitalism-by-naomi-klein","title":"The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Critics’ Pick • Named Book of the Year by: \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle • Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire \u003c\/i\u003e• \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eSunday Herald\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eIrish Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eSacramento News \u0026amp; Review\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and international #1 bestseller, winner of the 2009 Warwick Prize for Writing and translated into over 30 languages.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eNo Logo\u003c\/i\u003e—the gripping story of how America’s “free market” polices exploited crises and shock for three decades from Pinochet’s coup in Chile in 1973 to the \"War on Terror.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shock Doctrine\u003c\/i\u003e retells the story of one the most dominant ideologies 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nottawa Cottage Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42445088620631,"sku":"9780676978018","price":26.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/6488\/2007\/files\/BookmanagerImage_14_b841daa8-18ba-417b-a42a-463d4d5c18a0.jpg?v=1766874863","url":"https:\/\/nottawacottagebookstore.ca\/products\/the-shock-doctrine-the-rise-of-disaster-capitalism-by-naomi-klein","provider":"Nottawa Cottage Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}