The Shock Doctrine

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book non-fiction book

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 Rise of Disaster Capitalism	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 ⓘ

This Changes Everything → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Shock Doctrine ⓘ

The Shock Doctrine → subtitle → The Shock Doctrine self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism