Privatization and free market guru Milton Friedman advised governments in economic crisis to follow strict austerity measures, combining radical cuts in social services with the full-scale privatization of their more lucrative assets. Many countries in Latin America auctioned off everything standing -- from energy and water utilities to Social Security -- to for profit multinational firms, crushing unions and other dissenters along the way. Naomi Klein :The Schock Doctrine.Rejoint la théorie de la peur exprimée par Danielle Miterrand.