Naomi Klein*: In one of his most influential essays, Friedman articulated contemporary capitalisms core tactical nostrum, what I have come to understand as the shock doctrine. He observed that only a crisis - actual or perceived - produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions taken depend on the ideas that are lying around. Some people stockpile canned goods and water in preparation for major disasters; Friedmanites stockpile free-market ideas. And once a crisis has struck, the University of Chicago professor was convinced that it was crucial to act swiftly, to impose rapid and irreversible change before the crisis-racked society slipped back into the tyranny of the status quo. A variation on Machiavellis advice that injuries should be inflicted all at once, this is one of Friedmans most lasting legacies. Tim Meegan, The Shock Doctrine, Our Schools & Our Children, Reclaim Reform, Aug. 2014 reclaimreform/2014/08/04/tim-meegan-the-shock-doctrine-our-schools-and-our-children/ David Sirota, The Shock Doctrine Comes to Your Neighborhood Classroom, Salon, Sept. 2011 salon/2011/09/06/shockreform/ Lance Fialkoff, Shock Doctrine USA: The Urban School Privatization Script, Reclaim Reform, Aug. 2013 reclaimreform/2013/08/30/shock-doctrine-usa-the-urban-school-privatization-script-philadelphia-new-orleans-chicago-newark-milwaukee-detroit-new-york-california-etc/ Adam Sanchez, The Education Shock Doctrine, International Socialist Review, Sept. 2011 isreview.org/issue/71/education-shock-doctrine *Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine (2007) [excerpt from the introduction] naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine/excerpt
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