Comments | beeblez: So... I had a fun day, if you have a very strange sense of fun.

beeblez

So... I had a fun day, if you have a very strange sense of fun.

Jan 02, 2008 22:58

I decided I was going to read Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klien, and then followed it up with The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere ElseBy Hernando de Soto. He's the head economist behind one of the more influential policy groups in South America and is involved with a lot of the finical reconstruction going ( Read more... )

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fizzyland January 3 2008, 09:35:21 UTC

So what do you think of Naomi Klein?

beeblez January 5 2008, 00:00:15 UTC

I quite like her. I'm very fond of how she manages to strike that middle ground between clearly documented academic reserach, and page turning journalism. Although her subject matter is weighty and often complex, you can't help but find it engrossing.

I don't go quite as far as she does in terms of ideological complaints against the free market. I think she's avoiding some of the trickier discussions about the ideas by talking about the historical events instead. While I love to see the historical context I found myself struggling to agree with a lot of her points.

However, over all, again, I really like it. The way she documents and explains the events of south America over the past 30 years is brilliant, and has given me a lot of new insight into the meaning behind various government negotiations.