Word: disasterously
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
So I became interested in this idea of what happens to our minds when we go into a state of shock and why was this is such a powerful metaphor for both the military and the economic architects of the war. But I still wasn't sure that this was...
In your research did you find that you are the first person to come up with such a theory? People spontaneously started using "disaster capitalism" to describe what was happening with what they were seeing around them because it was so clear that this disaster was being harnessed to push...
In the book you frequently take the idea of "disaster capitalism" back to Milton Friedman. So is this his fault? Milton Friedman is held up as really the guru of the modern global market. But my view on Friedman is, I don't think it's his fault in the...
You mention tons of different instances in which "disaster capitalism" is at play, but which example best conveys what you are trying to say to your readers? Well I just got back from New Orleans and I was so struck to see these huge housing developments it's just so...
The tragedy, in part, was created by 25 years of neglect of the public sphere, by the culture of neglect, that allowed the levees to crumble, that allowed the transportation system to erode to the point where it couldn't handle an evacuation, that allowed FEMA to be this hollow...