First, "The Shock Doctrine" was a book before it was a political documentary. Recommending the movie but not the book seems a little silly to me. Second, I can

First, "The Shock Doctrine" was a book before it was a political documentary. Recommending the movie but not the book seems a little silly to me. Second, I can't recommend it as a serious work. I've read a lot of Klein's work (two of her books sit here on my bookshelf) and I walked away each time rather unimpressed. In this particular case, she takes something that can be universally condemned (deliberately creating or taking advantage of disaster to pursue corporate interests) and uses it as a weapon against those who advocate free markets. This is a blatant misrepresentation of that ideology, the chicago school, and Milton Friedman. In short, Klein builds a great case against corporatism, rent-seeking, and government sponsored elitism and then beats those lobbying for freedom and equality over the head with it.