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... - Greg Palast
(3) Armed Madhouse - Greg Palast *
(4) War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning - Chris Hedges *
(5) The Shock Doctrine - Naomi Klein
(6) Pigs At The Trough: How Corporate Greed And Political Corruption Are Undermining America - Arianna Huffington
... new book, Too Much Happiness, in which she has surpassed even her own genius self. Also on the go with Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine...non-fiction horror story. Agreed with MarianV, The Shock Doctrine is gripping, disturbing and really interesting. I'm halfway through and can hardly put it down. ... alleged intention to cut government spending. And Crisis and Leviathan by Robert Higgs provided a devastating critique of The Shock Doctrine when Naomi Klein was still a mall rat.
Feel free to post citations of your published work, which I might check out.
I am neither a ... ... them explained in the grisly details of Auguste Pinochet’s bloody reign?
The CATO Institute on Naomi Klein’s Shock Doctrine can be read here.
Apparently, much of Klein’s case is based on a small number quotes by Milton ... ... bringing up Ellis. 231: Yes, 232's correct - what you needed were some humorous mysteries.
Similarly, my father gave me the Shock Doctrine for Christmas last year and I think it's the most depressing present I have ever received in my life. However, unlike Less than Zero, it didn't make ... I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on The Shock Doctrine when you finish. I am currently reading The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein and about to start reading Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus by Rick Perlstein ... Room, and you'll see how the meltdown began.
Free Lunch by David Cay Johnston.
and everyone needs to read Klien's The Shock Doctrine.
and if you have the time, brush up on The Merchants of Death. We such short memory. It should be required reading for every generation, so we never ... Globalization and Its Discontents by Stiglitz is good on the IMF. Klein's Shock Doctrine is good on privatization creating debt. See also White Man's Burden on corruption. And Jeffrey Sachs is the poster child for more aid, if that's you. #13# The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
It took me a while to get through this book, but I'm glad i did. It argues that neoliberal economists have been exploiting global disasters around the world for the last forty years. the picture she paints is distictly orwellian from the torture ... Your review of The Shock Doctrine is excellent. I don't have a background in economics, but this book was an eye-opener for me, and frightened me as well as made me angry. I think everyone should read it, especially as we attempt to correct the mess we are in now. I'm reading The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein. Interesting so far.
and
The Forsyte Saga (vol. 1 of 3) by John Galsworthy. Group read. Haven't read much of it yet. I like the characters (remembering many of them from the series (BBC?) on Norwegian television in the 1970's), but I'm not so sure ... ... bar
28. Do not touch--Eric Laurrent
29. The lizard cage--Karen Connelly
30. The sea--John Banville
31. The shock doctrine: The rise of disaster capitalism--Naomi Klein
32. The scheme for full employment--Magnus Mills
33. Purple Hibiscus--Chimamanda Ngozi Adich ... Naomi Klein was awarded the first Warwick Prize for Writing for The Shock Doctrine. According to the University of Warwick's web site, the award is "an international cross-disciplinary award which will be given biennially for an excellent and substantial piece of writing in the English ... cmt--I have read The Shock Doctrine, and found it well written and well documented. I liked it a lot, and recommend it.
My politics are similar to hers, so I want to trust her judgment on economic issues. However, some of her conclusions are so frightening, I wanted to get some perspective ... cmt--I know nothing about economics--I was wondering if you have read The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein and what you thought of it? You are a better person than I - I got through about 100 pages of The Shock Doctrine and gave it up. I'm behind I'm behind!!
4.) The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein 466 pages
This book took me forever to get through, but it is nonfiction and not the happiest of subject matters. She discusses the economic benefit of waging terror.
4/75 (5.3%)
1360 pages
Currently over half way in Q ... ... enjoy. Best Sellers were on BOGOF, so rather than risk picking up one book and not liking it, I puchased this, Klein's The Shock Doctrine and that day's copy of the Independent.
Between then and now I clearly forgot my 'impulse buy, abandon it if it's rubbish' plan and soldiered on with ... I know people who love The Shock Doctrine, but my impression is they love it more for the politics than the economics. I dropped out of my economics class in college, and there were parts of The Great Crash of 1929 that I had to read carefully, but it is undoubtedly carefully researched, ... #21: I may put down The Shock Doctrine and read The Great Crash of 1929 and then go back to the other book. My problem is lack of knowledge in regards to all things economical and I have no idea if Klein in Shock is on the beam or not, and not enough knowledge to refute. I am currently reading The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein, Why They Kill by Richard Rhodes, and continuing with Roosevelt and Churchill by David Stafford as well as Vietnam: A History by Stanley Karnow. ... The Tales will have to be December book of the month.
Book of the year goes to.... In Cold Blood, shortly followed by The Shock Doctrine for purely awesome investigative journalism and A Spot of Bother for making me laugh so hard I thought I would burst. ...
Non-fictie:
George Seferis: waiting for the angel door Roderick Beaton
Twice a stranger door Bruce Clark
The Shock Doctrine door Naomi Klein
Stalins jeugdjaren door Simon Sebag Montefiore
Fictie:
De stemmen van de Pamano door Jaume Cabré
Freedom and Deat ... Finished Naomi Klein's Shockdoctrine, which is a great and important book.
Just made a start with FDR by Jean Edward Smith. A few things from the preface:
- "The riddle for a biographer is to explain how this Hudson River aristocrat, a son of privilege who never depended on a ... ... accept the surface. I love her stuff and as a 20th Century man, I salute a 21st Century woman”
Ik ben de eindstreep van Shockdoctrine nu genaderd, met nog een kleine 10 pagina’s te gaan.
Het boek beschrijft de teloorgang van miljoenen gewone mensen ten gevolge van doorgeslagen hebzucht, ... I forgot this is LT, One thing that set me off was seeing the author of The Shock Doctrine Naomi Klein rant on the cable TV show author's channel.
She explained that there were no oversights for the moneys use yet - that banks do not have to be transparent in the use of the money so far. She ... ... dodelijke omstrengeling aangegaan..
Dat boek dat dat allemaal niet onpartijdig maar wel te controleren beschrijft, Shockdoctrine, wil ik dit weekend uit zien te krijgen.
Een gezien mijn leestempo ambitieus plan, ten behoeve waarvan ik nu een LT-stilte in acht ga nemen.
Maar graag ... ... of those books that makes you think and reflect upon your own life.
What were your thots on A Pale View of Hills?
The Shock Doctrine also seems like something that I would love to read. It sounds very insightful and timely. Miracle of miracles - my local library actually has Shock Doctrine! Unfortunately, both copies are currently checked out, so I had to put it on hold. Hopefully, I will get a copy soon because it sounds well worth the read. The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein - this book challenges the myth of the infallibility of neo-liberal, free market theory, aggressively advanced by Milton Friedman and the Chicago School since the 1960s. Privatization, deregulation, free trade, and decreased ... ... zelf heeft uitgelokt om dat sinistere plan ten uitvoer te brengen."
Ik zit nog maar in de introduction van haar boek Shock doctrine, maar dat is precies wat Naomi Klein beweert over de econoom Milton Friedman en zijn "Chicago boys" - vaak vanuit het IMF en de Wereldbank opererend. Blz. ... Inmiddels flink op weg in Nikos Kazantzakis: a biography en begonnen aan The shock doctrine van Naomi Klein. Ik ben nog maar op blz. 13, maar al helemaal gepakt: dít boek zou "balsem voor mijn ziel" kunnen worden. Ik kocht het vanwege prof. Heertje die vorige week sprak: "Naomi Klein heeft ... I was reading Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein. I switched to Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China by Leslie T. Chang this weekend because I am having lunch with her tomorrow. deebee1, i have read The Shock Doctrine..its #43...it was very interesting.
I love reading about politics, history....even though it can be depressing, i love it... hi mamachunk, u are reading some very interesting non-fiction there!
have u read The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein? i think it would make a good complementary read to your book #58. it goes further back to Nixon, proving that this is a policy that has underlined US relations with developing ... ... Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey through Yugoslavia by Rebecca West. Whew...(wiping brow)
Also just finished The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein. 71. Emilio's Carnival/Senilita by Italo Svevo
72. The Body Artist by Don deLillo
73. The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
mini-reviews coming up... The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein non-fiction but a wake-up book as to what is going on in our country.
The Writing on theWall Lynn sharon Schwartz A good story about post 911 N.Y. City.
Enchanted April Elizabeth von Arnhim Happy story of 3 English ladish who suddenly rent a villa in Italy ... 43) The Shock Doctrine BY: Naomi Klein--really interesting...essentially she pillories the Chicago Economists--Friedman, et al, that have reeked havoc on many third world countries by disassembling their economies and social structures...that's really it in a nutshell....she also goes into ... The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, by Naomi Klein.
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women, by Susan Faludi.
Mediated: How the Media Shapes Your World and the Way You Live In It, by Thomas De Zengotita (this one screwed with my head for weeks ... ... for Mr. Bush either--The seven pillars of wisdom. One book that I haven't read which I plan on some time soon would be The shock doctrine--Naomi Klein.
As for fiction I understand that he's a Philip Roth fan. Any book by Roberto Bolano but especially The savage detectives. ... like "chick lit" -- bored housewives rent a villa in Italy & discover --enchantment, what else? A classic, well told.
The Shock Doctrine: The rise of disaster capitalism by Naomi Klein. This could have been the plot of a futuristic horror movie made in the 1950's. People would have left ... I'm reading Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein. It's an eye opening analysis of Milton Friedman's economic theories as applied to nations from Argentina to Iraq. In the middle of The shock doctrine by Naomi Klein. And yes, it is shocking. Maybe not for the present generation but I was raised on the idea that we were the best government of the best people on earth and could do no wrong and God was on our side and all the other people in the world wanted ... Amazing timing! I have here, in my hot little hand, a copy of Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine.Ms. Klein is a Canadian citizen. This is important because she exposes many of the ways the current administration is using to take advantage of disasters, including the "shock & Awe" which the US ... From the library
Utter incompetents Thomas Oliphant
Nemesis Chalmers Johnson
The Shock doctrine Naomi Klein ... written book or a book that don't catches my interest is a no do.
OK, there are exceptions. I'm still trying to finish Shock Doctrine but I'm farther and farther away from actually doing it. ... myself at work and finished my book without another one lined up.
But not to worry! I work in a library.
So I picked up The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein which I have been meaning to read for a while now. Very good (and disturbing) stuff so far. My latest Amazon box had in it:
Ascent by Jed Mercurio
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
The Girl on the Fridge by Etgar Keret
The latter completes my collection of all the stories available in English by this marvellous Israeli short story writer. 1. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2. The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
3. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
4. Oliver Twist by Dickens
5. Etham Frome by Wharton 8. The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
'Every now and then, one reads a book which makes the whole world make sense. The Shock Doctrine is the method used by free market ideologues to push their radical agendae. Essentially, where free markets cannot be democratically enshrined, Chicago-Schoo ... ... time since Hitchhiker's...
I'm trying, I'm trying, just can't seem to get anything finished. I'm very close with both The Shock Doctrine and Ethan Frome, so hopefully will be able to feel like I'm making progress again soon. Loving the former, hating the latter!!
I did get married, ... ... Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester
3. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
4. The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
5. On God: An Uncommon Conversation by Norman Mailer
6. The Red Room by Nicci French
7. The Witch of Portobello by Paulo Coelho
... The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
Roxana by Daniel Defoe
And Freebies!
Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
Deception Point by Dan Brown
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
Haunted America by Michael Norman & Beth Scott
The Lonely L ... ... BY: John Grisham
20) By The Light of the Moon BY: Dean Koontz
21) Legacy of Ashes BY: Tim Weiner
22) The Shock Doctrine BY: Naomi Klein
23) Architects of Annihilation: Auschwitz and the Logic of Destruction BY: Gotz Aly and Susanne Heim
24) A People's History ... ... Nearly Everything. So wide-eyed and funny.
Febraury - Oliver Twist. My favourite Dickens (of 2!) so far.
March - The Shock Doctrine. Just brilliant.
April - In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. Enough has been said about this totally brilliant 'novel'.
May - A Spot of Bother. Funn ... I will be feverishly reading The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein and On God by Norman Mailer so I can return them to the library... before they turn me into a debt collection agency for late fees!! ... Vlad: From Pennsylvania to Transylvania, One Man's Quest to Live in the World of the Undead, I began Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism this past weekend. I'm about a third of the way through---I'm finding it completely engrossing. ...
I was doing dishes with a quaker friend after our after-meeting potluck (we call it our meeting for eating) and discussing Shock Doctrine. My friend said the same thing as you. I read No Logo a few years ago and was impressed by it, so I guess SD is on the list for the 2008. But first I have ... Still struggling with Shock doctrine. It is very good but VERY disturbing, and it's not the kind of book you read while flipping pancakes.
I'm tempted to start another another book, just for entertainment. Even though I promised myself not to do this again - I've already made 8 rereads and a new ... ... since... Nov 20th?
;-)
Anyway, I checked my own posts here and can with some trepidation say that I'm still reading Shock Doctrine but have moved (mowed?!) through all of the Foreigner-books. I had no self restraint.
Not back then. Since two weeks ago I'm not allowed to start any other ... #315 - Hm, don't make me face myself, OK?! ;-)
Stage II: In Shock Doctrine a whole chapter discusses CIA funded experiments in psych remodelling and 'tape' during the 50's - research that is used to this day in interrogation etc. It immediately made me think of Cyteen. In fact, most of Shock ... I read slowly so I'll be reading Shock Doctrine for the next couple of weeks, but I've been eyeing up my next couple of books.
Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri
Absurdistan - Gary Shteyngart
and
Oh Pure and Radiant Heart - Lydia Millet are all likely. I'd like to see the movie ... I'm about a 1/3 of the way through The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein. I suspect I'll be reading it next week too. It's a thoroughly engrossing and often horrifying book.
I'm also slowly working my way through this year's Best American Short Stories edited by Stephen King. I'm discussing ... ... of Deliverer.
Clearly I'm insane. I have to go focus on some other author NOW.
*skipping off to continue reading Shock Doctrine, thinking 'next book will be Mistborn, or I'll be sent to some asylum'* Still reading Shock doctrine, plus have moved on to Inheritor in my "reread before february-quest". Those novels have proven to be almost as addictive the second time around so when I finish it sometime later today I will NOT go on to number four - I will instead work on the Naomi Klein-book ... Shock doctrine, plus rereading Foreigner in preparation for the february paperback release of the ninth novel. And seeing that my workload is soaring = less time to read in I thought it prudent to start well in advance ;-)
Good thing with the troubles I had today (see another thread...) is ... From the library, The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein, Hooked by G. Bruce Knecht, Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr, and Small Town by Lawrence Block. I am about a third into The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein, and I can't recommend it any higher than possible (for a starter course of her writings, check out No Logo).
I am more pissed off and upset than ever, and in the positive, world-altering mentality-way.
Books do make a ... I have Shock Doctrine waiting for me at the pick up place. Books like those suggests WE live in a fantasy world, kind of, while others don't. On this same planet. Parallel universes do exist? I'm onto The Shock Doctrine : The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein. It's written from a journalistic viewpoint not a deep thinker viewpoint.
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