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The Shock Doctrine
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Title: The Shock Doctrine

Release Date: 1 Sep 2009

Runtime: 1h 22m

Genre: Documentary

Director: Renegade Pictures

Production Companies: Renegade Pictures

Overview: An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.1 (55 votes)

Cast

  • Narrator (Voice): Kieran O'Brien
  • Self: Naomi Klein
  • Self: Milton Friedman
  • Self (archive footage): John Major
  • Self (archive footage): Bill Clinton
  • Self (archive footage): Henry Kissinger
  • Self (archive footage): Saddam Hussein
  • Self (archive footage): Condoleezza Rice
  • Self (archive footage): Barack Obama
  • Self (archive footage): Alan Greenspan
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