[Ost-news] Disaster Capitalism: State of Extortion

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Disaster Capitalism: State of Extortion  
by Naomi Klein  
July 3, 2008  
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.

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