The Shock Doctrine

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The Shock Doctrine is a 2007 non-fiction book by Naomi Klein that argues global free-market policies have often been imposed through crises and disasters, a process she terms “disaster capitalism.”

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The Rise of Disaster Capitalism 1
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instanceOf book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
adaptation The Shock Doctrine (documentary film) ⓘ
adaptedInto documentary film ⓘ
author Naomi Klein ⓘ
awarded Warwick Prize for Writing longlist ⓘ
caseStudy Argentina’s economic crisis ⓘ
Asian financial crisis ⓘ
Chile under Augusto Pinochet ⓘ
Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans ⓘ
linked to: Hurricane Katrina

Iraq War and post-invasion reconstruction ⓘ
linked to: Iraq War

Russia’s post-Soviet transition ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Canada ⓘ
criticizes Chicago School economic policies ⓘ
Milton Friedman ⓘ
corporate globalization ⓘ
neoliberal economic reforms ⓘ
privatization of public services ⓘ
structural adjustment programs ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Mat Whitecross ⓘ
Michael Winterbottom ⓘ
followedBy This Changes Everything ⓘ
genre economics ⓘ
history ⓘ
political non-fiction ⓘ
influencedBy Milton Friedman ⓘ
ISBN 978-0-676-97801-8 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainConcept disaster capitalism ⓘ
mainThesis free-market policies are often imposed in the wake of crises and disasters ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableFor linking economic reforms to states of emergency ⓘ
popularizing the term "disaster capitalism" ⓘ
pageCount approximately 700 ⓘ
publicationYear 2007 ⓘ
publisher Knopf Canada ⓘ
Metropolitan Books ⓘ
releaseYearOfFilmAdaptation 2009 ⓘ
subject Chicago School of Economics ⓘ
International Monetary Fund ⓘ
World Bank ⓘ
deregulation ⓘ
economic shock therapy ⓘ
military coups ⓘ
natural disasters ⓘ
neoliberalism ⓘ
privatization ⓘ
war and conflict ⓘ
subtitle The Rise of Disaster Capitalism ⓘ
linked to: The Shock Doctrine

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