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Saturday, June 21, 2025

The Economics Conundrum (In Mt Head)

Just the other day I posted a link to a group that I was unaware of until now, Promethean Updates and came across ideas that reminded me of a book I had read fairly recently but never finished or absorbed.

That book, published 18 years ago, is The Shock Doctrine, The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, written by Canadian Naomi Klein. Its focus is the much praised and usually disastrous Milton Friedman economic theories.

Here's the author speaking recently about her work:

Trump’s End-Times Fascism | Naomi Klein | TMR

I'm not convinced that Trump's agenda conforms to this "shock doctrine" economic philosophy but I definitely need to look into it more deeply. At this point I tend to think the debate in my head needs to focus on understanding this Friedman theory with the argument being presented in defense of Trump policy as explained by these Promethean folks. How does Trump's economics differ from neoliberal, neoconservative, free market, globalist principles? Or does it?

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