Naomi Klein on Carney, trade war and 'end times'

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Oct 6, 202600:42:30News & Politics

Celebrated author Naomi Klein joins the show to talk about how Mark Carney's response to Trump's trade war echoes themes in her book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. We also discuss her latest work "E...

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