The Asian Tigers were with the "third approach" and were doing better than their neighbors. Ten years after the Asian... [MORE]

Bob 

Aug 9, 2008 21:08

Hard to imagine you could write this review if you read the book carefully. No doubt Cowen skimmed the chapters... [MORE]

dopefish 

Mar 7, 2008 09:48

It's so obvious that this "economist" did not take an objective viewpoint when analyzing Klein's book. It's so skewed. It... [MORE]

Kirk 

Feb 26, 2008 14:20

Crediting "free markets" for the growth of freedom and modernity is like crediting "religion" for women's liberation. Feudalism is the... [MORE]

Uncle Milty 

Feb 12, 2008 15:40

No doubt the reader of this review cannot deny the obvious and true arguement made by Cowen, Western economics has... [MORE]

bill 

Feb 2, 2008 18:51

Even if you can't balance a checkbook, Naomi's Klein's fast-paced, meticulously sourced history of free trade economics is clear. It's... [MORE]

Peggy 

Jan 29, 2008 20:51

To read Cowen's review one would think that Klein was advocating Stalinist economic policies as opposed to a return to... [MORE]

Nick 

Jan 28, 2008 00:20

Good review. I wonder if it is not that capitalism requires shock, but any radical institutional change requires a major... [MORE]

Albar 

Jan 25, 2008 20:58

Why is it that critiques of Klein's Shock Doctrine, avoid her good points on Iraq. It's probably because she is... [MORE]

Christopher Hutton 

Dec 17, 2007 23:34

The United States of America embarked upon a multi pronged "Cold War" after World War II. Part of that Cold... [MORE]

Lawrence Turner 

Nov 25, 2007 16:31

The notion that the U.S. just happened to be around when all of these corporatist coups took place is demonstrably... [MORE]

noel 

Nov 17, 2007 02:32

You mention that "New Zealand and Chile abandoned socialistic policies for freer markets because the former weren't working well and... [MORE]

Burton Hodge 

Nov 15, 2007 01:49

One man's polemic doesn't offset another's esp. when that other is a talented wordsmith, and also an energetic and attractive... [MORE]

datadave 

Nov 10, 2007 00:14

What you fail to realize in your assertion that Klein is indeed attacking the classical liberals, is that she isn't.... [MORE]

Josh 

Nov 5, 2007 11:46

1973 - violent overthrow of a democratically elected socialist goverment leading to the mass killings and literally unpeakable torture of... [MORE]

Erik Bloom 

Oct 31, 2007 16:55

". And when Alan Greenspan said during an interview that he fears the populist policies rising in South America -... [MORE]

Cain Adamsson 

Nov 5, 2007 05:11

This is a very interesting article. It can be used to point out certain relevant critiques in terms of Naomi's... [MORE]

jan willem 

Oct 27, 2007 12:44

Mr. Cowen appears unable to muster the strength to argue the facts that he accuses Klein of misrepresenting or oversimplifying.... [MORE]

Douglas Storm 

Oct 21, 2007 11:08

I don't think Mr Cowen has read the book with much care. He wouldn't need to 'presume' that Ms Klein... [MORE]

Dick Wolff 

Oct 12, 2007 19:12

I agree, the reviewer has very clearly not read this book. The Shock Doctrine is not a critique of capitalism... [MORE]

Beth 

Jan 5, 2008 17:00

The prevailing winds are blowing hard to the left. The will of the ignorant will not be denied. Whatever the... [MORE]

Sammy Radpurtha 

Oct 9, 2007 22:44

"The destruction of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina expelled many poor black residents and allowed most of the city's public... [MORE]

Bumper 

Oct 8, 2007 17:59

I didn't think much of Klein's book either, but the link between free-market advocacy and and torture advocacy seems very... [MORE]

mtraven 

Oct 6, 2007 13:23

Cowen appears to believe that if anyone makes a claim about the distribution of resources, they must be held to... [MORE]

Frank 

Oct 3, 2007 12:54

Frank's observation (see post dated Oct 23, 2007) points to a fundmental econometric flaw. The difference in zero and the... [MORE]

Glen 

Jan 17, 2008 07:53

The Milton Freedman Katrina Reference is NOT out of 1962 but based on specific suggestions made by Freedman in an... [MORE]

Joey Gilgamesh 

Oct 3, 2007 09:25