This is going to be a long one. Shock Doctrine is a complex and fairly personal book for me. I'll give you the short version: it's great. Read it. Put down whatever else you are reading and read it. Now comes the epic long ass version. Be prepared for many diversions.

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I started reading The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein a couple of days ago and it's gonna be rough going. Not because I disagree with her, and I think I do disagree with her about some things which I'll talk about after I'm through with the whole book, but because she really goes after Milton Friedman ( Read more... )