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An introduction to the concept of "disaster capitalism" offers an expose of how the global "free market" has exploited crises, violence, and shock over the past three decades to promote radical privatization that benefits large corporations ...
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."
The Shock Doctrine retells the story of one the most dominant ideologies of our time: Milton Friedman's free market economic revolution.
Raking in billions out of the tsunami, plundering Russia, exploiting Iraq - this is the chilling tale of how a few are making a killing while more are getting killed.