Naomi Klein: Ripples from 'The Shock Doctrine'

Steve Scher
09/17/2008 at 9:00 a.m.

It's been over a year since Naomi Klein wrote "The Shock Doctrine." The book tackled "disaster capitalism;" the theory that profiteers capitalized on Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters. It was translated into 20 languages, Alfonso Cuaron made a film based on it, but how did her opponents respond? What other instances of disaster capitalism has she seen since then? Naomi Klein addresses anti–globalization, disaster capitalism and her critics on the next Weekday.

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Naomi Klein is a Canadian journalist who writes about corporate globalization. In 2004, she created the documentary film, "The Take," with her husband about factory workers in Argentina. She is the author of "No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies and Fences and Windows." Her most recent book is "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism."