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Naomi Klein discusses Israel's booming tech economy and its dark implications with guest Albanese.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zeteo.com In this episode of ‘Unshocked,’ Naomi Klein brings on Albanese to discuss her key findings, what Klein describes as “an economy that is booming off of annihilation.” As Klein explains, Israel is known as a startup nation. And the tech part of Israel's economy is central to why the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange has boomed since the October 7th attacks. But there is a dark side that needs to be discussed. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/subscribe WATCH ‘UNSHOCKED’ ON SUBSTACK: https://zeteo.com/s/unshocked FIND ZETEO: Twitter: https://twitter.com/zeteo_news Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zeteonews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zeteonews FIND NAOMI: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaomiAKlein Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/naomiaklein/ Naomi’s website: https://naomiklein.org/ ‘Unshocked’ is a monthly conversation with acclaimed author and activist Naomi Klein, where she and Mehdi pull viewers ‘out of shock’ through analysis, facts, and history.

People in this episode

Host: Naomi Klein

Guest: Albanese

Topics covered

• Israel's economy
• tech industry
• genocide
• October 7th attacks
• stock market
• independent journalism

Keywords

• Israel
• tech boom
• economy
• genocide
• Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
• October 7th
• Naomi Klein

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Zeteo

Places: Israel, Tel Aviv

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