AltWeeklies Wire
Disaster: A Growth Industrynew
Klein exposes—with razor-sharp investigative reporting—the damage done by the fundamentalist economic theories of Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman, who said: “Only a crises actual or perceived produces real change.”
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
08-29-2008 |
Nonfiction
Contract Killers: A Public/Private Partnership Goes Horribly Wrong in Iraqnew
Staff Sgt. Ryan D. Maseth was electrocuted while taking a shower in Iraq. His death, along with at least a dozen other soldiers who have met the same fate, is a tragic, and chillingly literal, symbol of what writer Naomi Klein calls "the Shock Doctrine." In her book of the same title, Klein argues that for modern corporations, wars and other disasters are just part of the business model.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Potter |
07-29-2008 |
War
Tags: Iraq, KBR, Naomi Klein, death, privitization, corporate power, war & peace, The Shock Doctrine
'The Shock Doctrine' Deliversnew
Klein may be called a conspiracy theorist because she argues that greedy multinational corporations, rightist think tanks and neo-liberal governments are the designers of many international economic disasters, but even skeptics will be impressed by the weight of statistics, documentation and first-hand quotes she assembles to make her case.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
09-14-2007 |
Nonfiction
Naomi Klein Looks at Shock Wave Troopers in New Booknew
The Shock Doctrine exposes the economic ambulance chasers who take advantage of natural and economic disasters worldwide.
The Georgia Straight |
Brian Lynch |
09-11-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Taking on the Sacred Cows of the Leftnew
The left's underlying problem is buying into the idea of counterculture, the longtime leftie authors assert. "Rebelling" is another way to distinguish yourself, and another reason to shop.
The Georgia Straight |
Dorothy Bartoszewski |
12-14-2004 |
Nonfiction
