Naomi Klein, "The Shock Doctrine", wins inaugural Warwick Prize

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http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h5QUJUESIUxiHOjJxRxBTL3dq1kg

The Shock Doctrine: the Rise of Disaster Capitalism
http://www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine

“the shock doctrine”: using the public’s disorientation following massive collective shocks – wars, terrorist attacks, or natural disasters -- to achieve control by imposing economic shock therapy. ... Based on breakthrough historical research and four years of on-the-ground reporting in disaster zones, The Shock Doctrine vividly shows how disaster capitalism – the rapid-fire corporate reengineering of societies still reeling from shock – did not begin with September 11, 2001.

I have been aware of this book for some time but perhaps now I should read it. I think that Something Nasty is going to be visited upon us while we are still reeling from the shock of changes and revelations about "dark heart of contemporary capitalism", the "redistribution of income and wealth to the already rich at the expense of economic solvency for the middle and lower classes", that have happened since September last year.

PasturesNew

I have no idea what any of that means.... I guess you have a degree.

wigglebeena

I luvva bit of inverted intellectual snobbery with me vino.

You seem pretty smart to me PN, you aint kidding me you watch Strickly Come Wife-Swappin' in the Big Bro House.