![]() ![]() That is, until arch-capitalist Sylvester Monkey McBean rolls into town with a machine that puts stars on the bellies of Sneetches. Seuss’s story The Sneetches, the star-bellied Sneetches discriminate against those plain-bellied Sneetches with none upon thars. No Is Not Enough: Defeating the New Shock Politics. ![]() Klein argues that by capitalizing on crises, created by nature or war, the disaster capitalism complex now exists as a booming new economy, the violent culmination of a radical economic project that has been incubating for fifty years. The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. This item: The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. At its core is the use of cataclysmic events to advance radical privatization combined with the privatization of the disaster response itself. In contrast to the myth of this movement's peaceful global victory, Klein shows how it has exploited moments of shock and extreme violence in order to implement its economic policies. This book retells the story of Milton Friedman's free-market economic revolution. occupation, Sri Lanka after the tsunami, or New Orleans post-Katrina, she witnessed remarkably similar events: people still reeling were hit again, this time with economic "shock treatment," losing their land and homes to corporate makeovers. Summary: Journalist Klein introduced the term "disaster capitalism." Whether covering Baghdad after the U.S. ![]()
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