The Shock Doctrine

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The Shock Doctrine is a 2007 non-fiction book by Naomi Klein that argues global free-market policies have often been imposed through crises and disasters, a process she terms “disaster capitalism.”

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The Shock Doctrine canonical 3
The Rise of Disaster Capitalism 1
The Shock Doctrine (book) 1

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instanceOf book
non-fiction book
adaptation The Shock Doctrine (documentary film)
adaptedInto documentary film
author Naomi Klein
awarded Warwick Prize for Writing longlist
caseStudy Argentina’s economic crisis
Asian financial crisis of 1997–1998
surface form: Asian financial crisis

Chile under Augusto Pinochet
Hurricane Katrina
surface form: Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans

Iraq War
surface form: Iraq War and post-invasion reconstruction

Russia’s post-Soviet transition
countryOfOrigin Canada
criticizes Chicago School economics
surface form: Chicago School economic policies

Milton Friedman
corporate globalization
neoliberal economic reforms
privatization of public services
structural adjustment programs
filmAdaptationDirector Mat Whitecross
Michael Winterbottom
followedBy This Changes Everything
genre economics
history
political non-fiction
influencedBy Milton Friedman
ISBN 978-0-676-97801-8
language English
mainConcept disaster capitalism
mainThesis free-market policies are often imposed in the wake of crises and disasters
mediaType print
notableFor linking economic reforms to states of emergency
popularizing the term "disaster capitalism"
pageCount approximately 700
publicationYear 2007
publisher Knopf Canada
Metropolitan Books
releaseYearOfFilmAdaptation 2009
subject Chicago School economics
surface form: Chicago School of Economics

International Monetary Fund
World Bank
deregulation
economic shock therapy
military coups
natural disasters
neoliberalism
privatization
war and conflict
subtitle The Shock Doctrine self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

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Naomi Klein notableWork The Shock Doctrine
The Shock Doctrine subtitle The Shock Doctrine self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
This Changes Everything relatedWorkByAuthor The Shock Doctrine
The Shock Doctrine (documentary film) basedOn The Shock Doctrine
this entity surface form: The Shock Doctrine (book)
The Shock Doctrine (documentary film) mainSubject The Shock Doctrine
this entity surface form: shock doctrine
The Shock Doctrine (documentary film) title The Shock Doctrine