I have been reading The shock doctrine by Naomi Klein, in the last week.
I remember when I was young when my mum was telling me of the “desaparecidos” in South America, and I remember watching JFK movie and getting to know that the US had supported all the major coups and brutal dictatorships and in the last 50 years.
I also remember reading quite a lot at the time of the war in Irak upon the money done by the American administration, and I also knew from some Italian writers about how Yugoslavia had been a test to check how much interventionism could be done under the eye of Europe.
Still, reading this book remains a shock, in terms of how many details, figures, declassified documents and connections Klein has managed to found.
I hope to be able to get to the end of it, and to write my summary here, however I might also start getting a copy as a present for my best friends.
I can’t avoid the bitter thought that the world is split in two, not only about climate change, but also about liberties, and even trying to write the “history” results very controversial. No matter how many figures or scientific papers you bring, people believe only what they already believe in. And probably this is why I love this book.
Link to the book website
Book review by Joseph Stiglitz
Jonathan Chait’s criticism of the book
Rebuttal of Cato Institute and Chait’s criticisms by Naomi Klein
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