A review by dalyandot
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

challenging informative slow-paced

5.0

This is a tour de force covering economics and politics globally, showing how the US government and corporations used  shocks therapy -war, natural disaster, political repression to force through privatisation and free market ideal that impoverished much of the population.  Its fascinating and really increased my understanding of what happened in Russia after communism and South Africa after apartheid. It was written nearly 20 years ago and she ends on an optimistic note with examples of people taking back democratic control.  Sadly this seems to have been a blip with a return to authoritation governments