Haiti Latest Target of the Shock Doctrine

In a very disturbing blog post over at the Nation, Richard Kim discusses how the IMF has agreed to an emergency loan to Haiti of $100 million.  The bad news is that this comes with restrictions like pay freezes for all public employees and an increase in the retail price for electricity.   As Klein argues in the video, it is up to us to insist that Haiti receives grants, not loans. 

Comments

[Bud]

Conspiracy Claptrap. Why does anyone listen to this woman?

[manuel]

It's for a tragic event, but welcome back: I have been missing this site!

[Abe]

While her work is generally well researched, I have always wondered what was the point of this grand narrative? Since the neoliberal ideaology is so pervasive, what does spelling it out really accomplish? After reading the book I personally felt overwhelmed and defeated. It also is striking to me that "disaster capitalism" is best understood as a response to crisis, and not a cause. For example, what does the shock doctrine tell us about the causes of the recent world wide economic crisis? I would suggest very little.

[Sunny632]

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