tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7508984726672877916.post4764985027600075632..comments2023-10-04T02:24:08.790-07:00Comments on Institute of Jurassic Technology: The Shock Doctrine by Alfonso Cuarón and Naomi KleinBpaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009087847894914228noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7508984726672877916.post-37785834485920740272007-09-13T15:40:00.000-07:002007-09-13T15:40:00.000-07:00She's getting a lot of well-deserved press -- we g...She's getting a lot of well-deserved press -- we got our Harper's Magazine today and she has a large article in there. <BR/><BR/>Important stuff.Bpaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009087847894914228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7508984726672877916.post-20973270798393875742007-09-13T15:36:00.000-07:002007-09-13T15:36:00.000-07:00she's actually speaking here on the 6th. Course, ...she's actually speaking here on the 6th. Course, I'll be there, not here. *sigh*Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13159468475534132163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7508984726672877916.post-49723991461022537532007-09-11T12:14:00.000-07:002007-09-11T12:14:00.000-07:00"The zeal of the free-marketers is so great, Ms. K..."The zeal of the free-marketers is so great, Ms. Klein declares, that if a natural or financial disaster fails to materialize, economists and policy officials help precipitate one. In her book she quotes a speech delivered by the economist John Williamson in 1993: “One will have to ask whether it could conceivably make sense to think of deliberately provoking a crisis so as to remove the political logjam to reform.”"<BR/><BR/>...been waiting for this book to arrive - rather 'timely' too, given the upcoming 'crisis' of the financial markets. . .or will it be bin laden, with his beard 'dyed for war'. . .and there's always the wild card of a 'natural' disaster waiting to be cashed in. . .<BR/><BR/>and of course, the US is in the runup to an election. . . should be an(other) interesting year!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com