Shock Doctrine

The Other Doctor Shock: Milton Friedman (University of Chicago):: Economic Shock Therapy

The First Test: Chile:: It was in Chile that Friedman's disciples first learn how to exploit a large scale shock or crisis 

The Economic Shock:With the population in shock, Pinochet imposed the policies recommended by the Chicago Boys

"Shock Treatment"

The Revolution Spreads : Chile was not the only country in South America to adopt Chicago School policies...::: Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina. 

The Chicago School and the English Speaking World : Nixon (In office 1969-74) - Chicago School disciples. Ex. Donald Rumsfeld

"Friedminites": Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan (In office 1981-89)

A New Enemy : Pentagon Bureaucracy :: AA Flight 77

W. Bush (In office 2001-2009)

 Secretary of Defense: Rumsfeld 

"pre 9/11 thinking"

The War on Terror Part 1 : Afghanistan 

The War on Terror Part 2 : Iraq :: 3rd largest oil reserve in the world 

War as Mass Torture : shock and awe:: Baghdad ::: Sadam Hussein 

3 forms of shock: shock of the war -> economic shock therapy -> shock of enforcement 

Profiting from War...

A World of Green Zones and Red Zones : Katrina - Sri Lanka tsunami

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Shock Doctrine: systematic raiding of the public sphere in the aftermath of a disaster. 

(Invasión sistemática de la esfera pública después de un desastre)

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The End of an Era: 

1987 Black Monday, 1992 Black Wednesday, 1997 Asian Contagion, 2008 Implosion

The result of deregulation

Shock Resistance

FDR

The New Deal

Not included: US of A territorial acquisitions::1989 Invasion of Panama (In office H. Bush 1989-93), The 5 colonies: Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, US Virgin Islands, and Northern Mariana Islands ("serving as sources of human capital and labor exploiting its economy and military" -Norton)...