The Shock Doctrine: Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein | Book Club

Full Title: The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
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Pages to read: 587
ISBN: 9780312427993 (Originally listed edition, & Edition Eugene is using)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•What is disaster capitalism?
•What is shock therapy?
•What was the outcome of Hurricane Katrina?
•What are demands of International Monetary Fund policies?
•How is the democratic process treated for states undergoing shock therapy?
•How does shock therapy effect inequality?
•What does it mean to be corporatists?
•How does torture (a.k.a. coercive interrogation) work?
•Can a person be repatterned?
•How is a state tortured?
•What happened to the U.S. domestic and foreign policy after 9/11?
•How is Friedman involved in shock therapy?
•What is the source for problems with the economy according to Friedman?
•How are Keynesians involved in shock therapy?
•What happened to the communist versus capitalist struggle after the collapse of the Soviet Union?
•What does it mean to have a mixed economy?
•What defines an enemy combatant?
•Why use an academic to create policy rather than a firm?
•What kind of bailout package do states in a crisis receive?
•Who benefits from shock therapy?
•Who loses from shock therapy?
•What kind of statistics did the International Monetary Fund provide?
•What language is used to make shock therapy appear necessary?
•How does shock therapy effect the culture of the state its applied to?
•How do companies get their contracts?
•How do government employees think of their government?
•How did shock therapy effect Argentina?
•How did shock therapy effect Asian Tigers?
•How did shock therapy effect Bolivia?
•How did shock therapy effect Chile?
•How did shock therapy effect China?
•How did shock therapy effect Iraq?
•How did shock therapy effect Israel?
•How did shock therapy effect Poland?
•How did shock therapy effect Russia?
•How did shock therapy effect South Africa?
•How did shock therapy effect Sri Lanka?
•How did shock therapy effect United Kingdom?
•How did shock therapy effect United States of America?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.