Editing Naomi Klein (section)

===''The Shock Doctrine''===

{{Main|The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism}}
Klein's third book, ''The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism'', was published in 2007. The book argues that the free market policies of Nobel Laureate [[Milton Friedman]] and the [[Chicago school (economics)|Chicago School of Economics]] have risen to prominence in countries such as [[Military government of Chile (1973–1990)|Chile under Pinochet]], Poland, and [[Economy of Russia|Russia under Yeltsin]]. The book also argues that policy initiatives (for instance, the privatization of Iraq's economy under the [[Coalition Provisional Authority]]) were rushed through while the citizens of these countries were in shock from disasters, upheavals, or invasion. The book became an international and [[The New York Times bestseller|''New York Times'' bestseller]]<ref name="Nation-bio"/> and was translated into 28 languages.<ref name="RandomHouse">{{cite web|url=http://www.randomhouse.ca/author/results.pperl?authorid=15909 |title=Author Spotlight: Naomi Klein |access-date=February 17, 2009 |publisher=RandomHouse.ca |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020111515/http://www.randomhouse.ca/author/results.pperl?authorid=15909 |archive-date=October 20, 2008}}</ref>
[[File:Naomi Klein Warsaw Nov. 19 2008 Fot Mariusz Kubik 03.jpg|thumbnail|Klein in 2008 with the Polish edition of ''Shock Doctrine'']]
Central to the book's thesis is the contention that those who wish to implement unpopular [[free market]] policies now routinely do so by taking advantage of certain features of the aftermath of major disasters, be they economic, political, military or natural. The suggestion is that when a society experiences a major 'shock' there is a widespread desire for a rapid and decisive response to correct the situation; this desire for bold and immediate action provides an opportunity for unscrupulous actors to implement policies which go far beyond a legitimate response to disaster. The book suggests that when the rush to act means the specifics of a response will go unscrutinized, that is the moment when unpopular and unrelated policies will intentionally be rushed into effect. The book appears to claim that these shocks are in some cases intentionally encouraged or even manufactured.

Klein identifies the "shock doctrine", elaborating on [[Joseph Schumpeter]], as the latest in capitalism's phases of "[[creative destruction]]".{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

''The Shock Doctrine'' was adapted into a short film of the same name, released onto [[YouTube]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iW1SHPgUAQ| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119013116/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iW1SHPgUAQ&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=November 19, 2011 | url-status=dead|title=YouTube|website=Youtube.com|access-date=March 30, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Shock Doctrine: A Film by Alfonso Cuaron and Naomi Klein|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/video/2007/sep/07/naomiklein|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=September 7, 2007}}</ref> The original is no longer available on the site; however, a duplicate was published in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Shock Doctrine Naomi Klein and Alfonso Cuaron|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSF0e6oO_tw| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/aSF0e6oO_tw| archive-date=November 17, 2021 | url-status=live|website=YouTube| date=February 9, 2008 |access-date=April 22, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The film was directed by [[Jonás Cuarón]], produced and co-written by his father [[Alfonso Cuarón]]. The original video was viewed over one million times.<ref name="Nation-bio">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.thenation.com/authors/naomi-klein/ |title=Naomi Klein |magazine=The Nation |access-date=August 12, 2017}}</ref> The director [[Michael Winterbottom]], alongside [[Mat Whitecross]], also produced a documentary on the book which premiered in 2009.<ref>Jones, Sam; [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/aug/28/naomi-klein-winterbottom-shock-doctrine "Naomi Klein disowns Winterbottom adaptation of Shock Doctrine"] ''Guardian.co.uk'', August 28, 2009</ref>

The publication of ''The Shock Doctrine'' increased Klein's prominence, with ''[[The New Yorker]]'' judging her "the most visible and influential figure on the American left—what [[Howard Zinn]] and [[Noam Chomsky]] were thirty years ago." On February 24, 2009, the book was awarded the inaugural [[Warwick Prize for Writing]] from the [[University of Warwick]] in England.<ref name="Warwick Prize Press Release">{{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine wins first Warwick Prize for Writing |url=https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/naomi_kleins_the/ |date=25 February 2009 |access-date=2024-03-04}}</ref> The prize carried a cash award of £50,000.