Shock doctrine.
Disaster capitalism.
Economic hitman
none of what you just said would be a plausible explanation for the persistence of poverty, economic instability, environmental degradation, drug addiction, chronic disease, etc etc
I'd bet even the authors of the 2 books you've hinted at wouldn't even make that claim. I'm sure they would see many of the problems listed as systems-level issues
One more example how medical company profited from addictive painkillers for profit (OxyContin) :
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/30/the-family-tha...
Do provide a concrete example so I can unpack it.