Disaster Capitalism…
July 5, 2008 — 2 Comments
An Amazing editoral by Naomi Klein in the recent edition of The Nation.
Once oil passed $140 a barrel, even the most rabidly right-wing media hosts had to prove their populist cred by devoting a portion of every show to bashing Big Oil. Some have gone so far as to invite me on for a friendly chat about an insidious new phenomenon: “disaster capitalism.” It usually goes well–until it doesn’t.