The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

2006 • 588 pages

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An introduction to "disaster capitalism" argues that the global free market has exploited crises, violence, and shock in the past three decades to promote radical privatization that benefits large corporations and powerful interest groups.

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February 17, 2008

Please read!! It may be old in terms of world events, but it is certainly fully applicable to today. Community over corporations, I fear they have more power than we can even being to fathom.

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