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17/10/2007
The Shock Doctrine - Naomi Klein
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Here is the sort of discourse that rarely appears in the Straits Times.
DIRECTED BY JONÁS CUARÓN. Alfonso Cuarón, director of "Children of Men", and Naomi Klein, author of "No Logo", present a short film from Klein's book "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism."
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"When I finished The Shock Doctrine, I sent it to Alfonso Cuarón because I adore his films and felt that the future he created for Children of Men was very close to the present I was seeing in disaster zones. I was hoping he would send me a quote for the book jacket and instead he pulled together this amazing team of artists -- including Jonás Cuarón who directed and edited -- to make The Shock Doctrine short film. It was one of those blessed projects where everything felt fated." - Naomi Klein
Naomi Klein talks about her new book, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.
Speaking at a benefit event for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, a social justice research institute.
Naomi Klein explodes the myth that the global free market triumphed democratically. Exposing the thinking, the money trail and the puppet strings behind the world-changing crises and wars of the last four decades, The Shock Doctrine is the gripping story of how America's "free market" policies have come to dominate the world-- through the exploitation of disaster-shocked people and countries.
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Singaporeans have been fed with so much pro "free market" propaganda that it is almost anti-thetical or blasphemous when one questions the status quo. Singaporeans are also led to believe that it cannot survive without the presence of major international corporations. As early as the nation was created, the Singapore government has already actively encouraged foreign direct investments (FDIs).
That we are told by free market advocates that economic liberalization will definitely lead to political liberalization is another myth that needs to be redressed.
What is currently lacking in political discourse in Singapore is the intertwining interests of both the Singapore government and corporate interest. There is a need to recognize that corporate interest in Singapore may not be overtly or totally foreign but nevertheless they are certainly dominated by Temasek Holdings and its various subsidiaries. The privatized sectors in Singapore from utilities to public transport and telecommunications are all out to make a profit and like any other corporations, seek to monopolise and create anti-competitive behaviour.
The aggressive expansion of Temasek holdings and GICs towards penetrating overseas markets merely follows the example led by its American counterparts - colonialising its poorer neighbours.
In adopting "free market" policies, the Singapore government has shown itself to be an ardent believer and studious learner of Milton Friedman and his Chicago school rhetorics. The Singapore experiment exemplifies what is inherently wrong with neoliberalism.
Posted by: Charles | 18/10/2007