The Shock Doctrine Paperback

Crises, Naomi Klein argues, have repeatedly been used as openings for economic changes that would never survive ordinary public debate. The book traces free-market restructuring imposed after coups, wars and natural disasters, moving through Chile, Argentina, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Iraq and post-hurricane New Orleans, and links those episodes to the school of economics associated with Milton Friedman. The case is built from reporting, interviews and declassified material, and the scope is deliberately global rather than tied to one country. This Penguin UK paperback runs to 576 pages. Inside this edition: • Case histories spanning Latin America, eastern Europe and the Middle East • An argument connecting crisis, privatisation and deregulation • Reporting supported by interviews and archival documents • 576 pages in paperback from Penguin UK For readers of political economy, recent history and investigative journalism, published by Penguin UK and available at Boipoka.