Klein's Shock Doctrine

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Before Naomi Klein wrote Shock Doctrine, there was Economic Shock Therapy:

Shock therapy traces its roots from the economic liberalization program undertaken by post-war West Germany in the late 1940s. During 1947 and 1948, price controls and government support were withdrawn over a very short period. These reforms had the effect of kick starting the West German economy resulting in the Wirtschaftswunder. Germany had previously had a highly authoritarian and economic interventionist fascist government; overnight, shock therapy seemed to throw off these restrictions and allow Germany to rapidly become a developed market economy.

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Before Naomi Klein wrote Shock Doctrine, there was Economic Shock Therapy:

A lot has been left out here. Any economy that shifts production from primarily war production to living production will make great gains in a short period. Military economies are very destructive as focus on things that do not support life. You cannot eat Tanks, Fighters and Submarines.