![]() ![]() Klein cites a wide range of examples including neoliberals’ wooing of General Pinochet to rush through market reforms after his 1973 coup in Chile, Thatcher’s use of the Falklands War and the defeat of the miners’ to clear the way for market reforms, and the invasion of Iraq read as a western corporate takeover.įor Klein, capitalising on such shocks was central to the neoliberals’ global success: ![]() Klein’s thesis, compressed, is that neoliberals have used different forms of shocks as opportunities to impose their economic plans on society, first abroad and then at home, often with force. It has become common on the left to see the Coronavirus crisis and the deepening slump through the shock doctrine lens mainly as openings for the neoliberal right to push home their advantage. Now, as global capitalism faces a new set of disruptions, the book is being referenced widely again. Naomi Klein’s book The Shock Doctrine had a significant impact on the left when it was published in 2007. ![]()
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