

The Shock Doctrine
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.
Top Cast

Kieran O'Brien
Narrator (Voice)

Naomi Klein
Self

Milton Friedman
Self

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
Self (archive footage)

Boris Yeltsin
Self (archive footage)

Margaret Thatcher
Self (archive footage)
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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