A Companion Video To "Shock Doctrine"
Published by BG on Thursday, September 13, 2007 at 11:58 AM.Via
Cliff Schecter at Brave New Films, a short piece by filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron and Naomi Klein that serves as a companion piece to Ms. Klein's book referenced in the post below:
[Voiceover Narration]: "(Famous Economist Milton) Friedman understood that just as prisoners are softened up for interrogation by the shock of their capture, massive disasters could serve to soften us up for his radical free market crusade. He advised politicians that immediately after a crisis, they should push through all the painful policies at once, before people could regain their footing. He called this method 'Economic Shock Treatment.'"
"Only a crisis, actual or perceived, produces real change." -- Milton Friedman
Cliff Schecter at Brave New Films, a short piece by filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron and Naomi Klein that serves as a companion piece to Ms. Klein's book referenced in the post below:
[Voiceover Narration]: "(Famous Economist Milton) Friedman understood that just as prisoners are softened up for interrogation by the shock of their capture, massive disasters could serve to soften us up for his radical free market crusade. He advised politicians that immediately after a crisis, they should push through all the painful policies at once, before people could regain their footing. He called this method 'Economic Shock Treatment.'"
"Only a crisis, actual or perceived, produces real change." -- Milton Friedman
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