Friday, December 07, 2007

Naomi Klein - The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

"In THE SHOCK DOCTRINE, Naomi Klein explodes the myth that the global free market triumphed democratically. Exposing the thinking, the money trail and the puppet strings behind the world-changing crises and wars of the last four decades, The Shock Doctrine is the gripping story of how America’s “free market” policies have come to dominate the world-- through the exploitation of disaster-shocked people and countries." Click here to see the video interview with Keith Olbermann, where Ms. Klein describes how crisis creates opportunity for "the rapid-fire corporate reengineering of societies still reeling from shock" "After the Pacific tsunami, author Naomi Klein found pristine beaches turned over to the big resorts, while the people were too shocked to stop it. In Mississippi, most federal Katrina recovery funds have helped big business and the affluent after the Republican governor got the Bush administration to waive a Congressional requirement that half help the poor, who wound up getting only 10 percent of the funds."

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Author(s):  Naomi Klein
Narrated By:  Keith Olberman
Acknowledgements:  This interview was originally broadcast on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann

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