The Shock Doctrine
Sep 01 2009
•1h 22m
•Documentary
An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance.
Cast
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Kieran O'Brien
Narrator (Voice)
Naomi Klein
Self
Milton Friedman
Self
John Major
Self (archive footage)
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