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Naomi Klein:
Brace yourself for a final, frantic stripping of public wealth as the Bush regime goes out the door.
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Nation columnist Naomi Klein explores a key argument from her new book,
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism: After 9/11 the Bush Administration launched a new economy, driven by the notion of an endless war against an undefined notion of evil. Read more in her 2005
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The Rise of Disaster Capitalism."
About Naomi Klein
Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist and syndicated columnist and the author of the international and
New York Times bestseller
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (September 2007); an earlier international best-seller,
No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies; and the collection
Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate (2002).
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About Laura Hanna
Laura Hanna is a filmmaker who, with Astra Taylor, produces short-form documentaries for The Nation. Their New York-based production company, Hidden Driver, specializes in feature-length and short-form films focusing on intellectual, cultural and political issues
A California native, she has worked in all stages of production, as an editor, producer, sound recordist, post-production sound editor, mixer and designer. She is currently directing the documentary feature Megapolis.
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