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- Season 2009 The Great Chinese Art Revolution
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- Season 2009 Black Gold
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- Season 2009 Kenya Murder Mystery
- Season 2009 Act of God
- Season 2009 Close Encounters in Siberia
- Season 2009 Tears, Tiaras and Transsexuals
- Season 2009 Another Perfect World
- Season 2009 Pray the Devil Back to Hell
- Season 2009 Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo
- Season 2009 Taking Liberties
- Season 2009 Life After the Fall
- Season 2009 Painting the Mind
- Season 2009 Dancing with the Devil
- Season 2009 Here's Johnny
- Season 2009 The Shock Doctrine
- Season 2009 Heavy Water
True Stories - Season 2009 Episode 17 The Shock Doctrine
0.00 60 minutes The Shock Doctrine is the latest documentary from acclaimed director Michael Winterbottom, co-directed by Mat Whitecross. Based on Naomi Klein's bestselling book, The Shock Doctrine argues that America's 'free market' policies have come to dominate the world through the exploitation of disaster-shocked people and countries.
Both the film and the book argue that governments all over the world exploit natural disasters, economic crises and wars to push through radical free market policies. Klein calls this 'disaster capitalism' and in her view, disaster capitalism is as effective as psychiatric shock therapy at wiping our collective memory.
The film concludes that the result is often catastrophic for ordinary people and hugely beneficial to big corporations. The documentary also adds to Klein's thesis - which was written before the recent market turmoil - and includes an analysis of how the financial world got into its current troubled state.
