The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Version: Abridged
Author: Naomi Klein
Narrator: Jennifer Wiltsie
Genres: Business, Political Science
Publisher: MacMillan Audio
Published In: September 2007
# of Units: 7 CDs
Length: 9 hours
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Overview

The bestselling author of "No Logo" shows how the global free market has exploited crises and shock for three decades, from Chile to Iraq.

Reviews (2)

Slanted agenda

Written by DavidC on July 15th, 2010

  • Book Rating: 2/5

This is a book written with an agenda. Basically, if you're a Democrat you can do no wrong, if you're a Republican you do nothing but wrong. The author does make some points, and it's not a bad story. The problem is that it's so one-sided that it's impossible to gain any kind of objective information from it. It's too bad, because I'm very interested in the subject matter. I just didn't feel I could trust anything here, and I only made it half way through the book before I gave up. If you lean to the left you'll love this book. If you lean to the right, or want to get a factual information showing both sides of the issues you won't get much from it.

The Shock Doctrine: The

Written by Anonymous from Sullivan, IL on January 7th, 2009

  • Book Rating: 5/5

This was a very informative book. It really brings out the dishonesty of our government. More people should read this book.

Author Details

Author Details

Klein, Naomi

Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist and author of the international bestseller, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. Her first book No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies was also an international bestseller, translated into over 28 languages with more than a million copies in print.