Nomination FORM

Book Discussion Number:	500
Date:	January 28, 2018
Host:	Bollmann and Klinedinst

CHOICE:

VOTING:
MONTH NOMINATIONS | |
| 1st | 2nd | Author | Title
| | | Howard Mittelmark, Sandra Newman | Read This Next: 500 of the Best Books You’ll Ever Read
| | | Naomi Klein. | The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Nominations that come to my attention between BookClub meetings:
Read This Next: 500 of the Best Books You’ll Ever Read  – November 2, 2010
by Howard Mittelmark, Sandra Newman 

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism is a 2007 book by the Canadian author and social activist Naomi Klein. In the book, Klein argues that neoliberal free market policies (as advocated by the economist Milton Friedman) have risen to prominence in some developed countries because of a deliberate strategy of "shock therapy". This centers on the exploitation of national crises to push through controversial policies while citizens are too emotionally and physically distracted by disasters or upheavals to mount an effective resistance. The book suggests that some man-made events, such as the Iraq War, were undertaken with the intention of pushing through such unpopular policies in their wake. Some reviewers criticized the book for making what they viewed as simplifications of political phenomena, while others lauded it as a compelling and important work.
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