Shock Doctrine: The Rise Of Disaster Capitalism

Synopsis

Winner of the 2009 Warwick Prize for Writing "Only a crisis – actual or perceived – produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around." —Milton Friedman The shock doctrine is the unofficial story of how the "free market" came to dominate the world, from Chile to Russia, China to Iraq, South Africa to Canada. But