The Shock Doctrine
I was talking to Katherine Dunn on the phone and she told me about this book she was reading called the Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein, and it deals with Milton Friedman and the effect of his macroeconomic philosophies, which it relates to the evolution of mental health care from the 1940s. I went to Amazon and it looks fascinating. Among the things Katherine told me about it is that it makes the case that the reason our taxes haven't gone up as a result of the Iraq war is that the war is being financed by loans, 85 percent of them coming from China. It talks about how Friedman's policies were the actual reason for the Tienemen Square protests, how he tutored Pinochet on how to handle Chile before the junta took over the government, and a bunch of other things that flat boggled my mind, including how these policies came into play after Katrina and the SE Asian tsunami. I can't wait to get my copy.
In the meantime, I'm still trying to wrap my head around Richard Kelly's Southland Tales, which I saw last night.
More later....
In the meantime, I'm still trying to wrap my head around Richard Kelly's Southland Tales, which I saw last night.
More later....