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Back in 2007, the Straight's books editor, Brian Lynch, wrote a lengthy cover story about Canadian author Naomi Klein.

It came shortly after the release of her bestseller, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.

Like Klein's other books, it was centred around a big idea: whenever there's a monumental crisis that traumatizes the public, the world's uber capitalists invariably try to exploit this by advancing free-market policies that make them wealthier and leave more poor people in their wake.

She cited several examples in her 2007 interview, including the coup in Chile in 1973, the collapse of Poland's economy in the late 1980s, the Southeast Asian currency meltdowns of the late 1990s, the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, and the Boxing Day tsumani that struck Sri Lanka and many other countries in 2004.

This week, the Intercept posted a video on YouTube of Klein warning about "disaster capitalism" in connection with the coronavirus crisis that's crippled the world economy, thrown millions out of work, and killed thousands of people.

The video was created prior to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's announcement of Canada's Plan to Mobilize Industry to fight COVID-19.

Check it out below.