The other day I was listening to an interview with Naomi Klein, author of No Logo and, more recently, The Shock Doctrine.  I like her creative and clear perspective on the waves of capitalistic thought that have struck the US.  She goes up against Milton Friedman, a die hard free market enthusiast whom I think took the concept a bit too far in its unmitigated simplicity, and whom Klein echoes as she states her case that the current free market ideology uses the tactic of shock to further its agenda.

So, I'm not much of an economic thinker, but it can be argued that economics effects everything we do in this society, all with which we interact.  Read the Democracy Now! interview for Klein's crash course on Friedman's economic thought and her interpretation of how it has shaped our country here.

Klein also created a video clip that introduces the viewer to her theory.

Trying to keep my wits about me,

Diana 

Information is shock resistance.  Arm yourself.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kieyjfZDUIc&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Enaomiklein%2Eorg%2Fshock%2Ddoctrine%2Fshort%2Dfilm[/youtube]