The Democratic Chronicles » Non-fiction http://demochron.com News, Journals, and Commentary on Political Issues Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:08:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 THE SHOCK DOCTRINE: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein http://demochron.com/2009/03/27/the-shock-doctrine-the-rise-of-disaster-capitalism-by-naomi-klein/ http://demochron.com/2009/03/27/the-shock-doctrine-the-rise-of-disaster-capitalism-by-naomi-klein/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:02:53 +0000 Aaron Roberts http://demochron.com/?p=303

The award winning book by Naomi Klein, explores how the government exploits the fears and insecurities of the people brought on by man made or natural disasters all to the advantage of big businesses.

This, the first installment in the Democratic Chronicle’s book club, is an interesting topic. Please read and share among other things how you think this is relevant to our current economic climate.

Here Naomi Klein discusses her book with Stephen Colbert:

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