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The Shock Doctrine

The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein, read by Katherine Fenton.

Around the world in Britain, the United States, Asia and the Middle East, there are people with power who are cashing in on chaos; exploiting bloodshed and catastrophe to brutally remake our world in their image. They are the shock doctors.

Exposing these global profiteers, Naomi Klein discovered information and connections that shocked even her about how comprehensively the shock doctors' beliefs now dominate our world - and how this domination has been achieved. Raking in billions out of the tsunami, plundering Russia, exploiting Iraq - this is the chilling tale of how a few are making a killing while more are getting killed.

'Packed with thinking dynamite ... a book to be read everywhere' John Berger

'If you only read one non-fiction book this year, make it this one' Metro Books of the Year

'There are a few books that really help us understand the present. The Shock Doctrine is one of those books' John Gray, Guardian

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Critic reviews

Impassioned, hugely informative, wonderfully controversial, and scary as hell
Packed with thinking dynamite … a book to be read everywhere
If you read only one non-fiction book this year, make it this one (, Books of the Year)
There are few books that really help us understand the present. The Shock Doctrine is one of those books (John Gray)
Lucid, calm, impeccably researched, gorgeously readable (, Books of the Year)
A brilliant, brave and terrifying book
Powerful … epic … dramatic
A brilliant book written with a perfectly distilled anger, channelled through hard fact. She has indeed surpassed No Logo
Excoriating … passionate and informed … Her prose packs a punch
All stars
Most relevant
a reminder of how quickly things change. Well narrated and very easy to listen to.

A great review of modern history and

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Naomi Klein definitely has her own clear view of resent geo political history. A view many would disagree, but Important to debate

A story needed to be told.

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A history lesson and a lesson into what to keep an eye out for should you ever find yourself in 'shock'. Absolutely brilliant. Everyone should read this book.

Absolutely brilliant. Everyone should read this.

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Besides exploring the characteristics and psychological implications of shock, this book is an essential account of the history and the Story of neoliberalism, and its impacts on the various contries who have experienced it.

Eye-opening and deeply valuable

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This book may anger you, and so it should, and I believe shows how indigenous peoples can teach western society some very important lost morality.
To the vast majority who read it in any case, and they can then speak with by their voting power, and not get taken in by any forked tongue rhetoric.

For those who care!

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