책소개
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CONCEPT OF "DISASTER CAPITALISM" OFFERS AN EXPOSGE OF HOW THE GLOBAL "FREE MARKET" HAS EXPLOITED CRISES, VIOLENCE, AND SHOCK OVER THE PAST THREE DECADES TO PROMOTE RADICAL PRIVATIZATION THAT BENEFITS LARGE CORPORATIONS AND POWERFULINTEREST GROUPS.
Research Question: How has neoliberal ideas affected the world? Does neoliberalism, as its proponents argue, lead to more efficient, more prosperous, and freer world?
Research Answer: Neoliberals believed that in order for a country to prosper, market must be deregulated and the government should rather remain standing back. Using the logic of neoliberalism, wherever there is a crisis, “disaster capitalists” stepped in and turned it into an economic “opportunity” to take the easy money from the government.