![]() ![]() Next, create a “corporatocracy,” in which multinationals and political leaders align to promote their interests at the public’s expense. ![]() Why do so many nations have economic policies more laissezfaire and social programs less generous than their citizens prefer? In her explosive counterhistory of global capitalism, against the glib accounts offered by mainstream economists and celebrity journalists, Naomi Klein argues that the answer lies in a simple two-step strategy, honed over three decades by an international cabal of freemarket fundamentalists: First, exploit crises-whether due to economics, politics, or natural disasters––to advance an agenda that would never survive the democratic process during ordinary times. ![]() Eric Klinenberg, Book Forum, September/October/November 2007 ![]()
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