An Upsetting But Worthwhile Read

Just finished going through Naomi Klein's "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism" a ringing condemnation of what is referred to as the "Chicago School" of economics.

It portrays a history of 'shocks' in many many countries ever since the Chilean coup of 1973. She traces the application of 'shocks' to both economies in many countries and also is quite explicit on governing authorities usages of torture and other human rights violations to go along with 'economic shocks'.

While the book is unpleasant to read in many cases it is a 'must read' for anyone wishing a progressive analysis of what happened in our world the last four decades.