Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

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As an Economic Hitman (EHM), John Perkins helped further American imperial interests in countries such as Ecuador, Panama, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia. As Chief Economist for the international consulting firm Chas. T. Main, he convinced underdeveloped countries to accept massive loans for infrastructure development and ensured that the projects were contracted to multinational corporations. The countries acquired enormous debt, and the US and international aid agencies were able to control their economies.nnHe tried to write this book four times but was threatened or bribed each time to halt. The events of 9/11 - a direct result of the activities of EHMs in the 1970s - finally forced him to confront the role he played himself, and to reveal the truth to the rest of the world.nnConfessions of an Economic Hit Man has become a word-of-mouth bestseller in the US. It has been called the book that finally 'connects the dots, the book that best explains what is really going on in the world'.

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John Perkins was covertly recruited to be an economic hit man (EHM) by the US National Security Agency during his last year at Boston University's School of Business Administration, in the late 1960s. nnFollowing his EHM work, Perkins founded Independent Power Systems, an alternative energy provider that successfully changed the US utility industry. He is now president of Dream Change Coalition, a nonprofit organization working with Amazonian and other indigenous people to help preserve their environments and cultures. 'As I travel around the world, I find that people know that their country just received a billion-dollar loan, for example, from the World Bank and that American corporations are there benefiting from the loan, but that their own lives are getting worse,' he says. Table of Contents The shocking story of how the US really took over the world by buying it,Thank heaven for whistleblowers like John Perkins…This book will grip and shock you in equal measure,Intriguing…provides ammunition for the case against globalisation,An entirely riveting and vital expose of the immoral, underhand dealings of the American corporatocracy - 5*,It's all here, in toe-curling detail,Once you’ve absorbed the book’s central message, it makes the news look rather different,One of the most remarkable books I have read in a long time. It is also one of the most frightening….Perkins’ aim is to expose the empire in order to dismantle it. He got out, he emphasises – and the wider world can get out too. We can disband the empire, but only if we know how it really functions. There are few better paces to find out,'Perkins has ripped open the belly of the financial buccaneers from his unique place on the inside. Here are the real-life details - nasty, manipulative, plain evil - of international corporate skullduggery spun into a tale rivaling the darkest espionage thriller.',Confessions of an Economic Hit Man has all the makings of a cinematic blockbuster...A dangerous melting pot of corruption, deception and greed…reminiscent of American writers such as Tom Wolfe and Hunter S Thompson