59th Berlin Film Festival: Shock Doctrine Interviews

The transcript discusses the challenges of adapting Naomi's idea-rich book into a film, focusing on the narrative of how economic ideas from a small group in Chicago spread rapidly to become dominant. It highlights the perception of economics as a specialized field, inaccessible to the average person, and aims to simplify these ideas, particularly those of Milton Friedman, for a broader audience in an 80-minute film.

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