Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: The Shocking Story of How America Really Took Over the World (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for Confessions of an Economic Hit Man As an EHM in the '60s and '70s, covertly recruited by the US National Security Agency, John Perkins helped further American imperial interests in countries such as Ecuador, Panama, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia. He tried to write this book four times but was threatened or bribed each time to halt. The events of 9/11 forced him to reveal the truth.
Full description- Publisher: Ebury Press
- Published: 02 February 2006
- Format: Paperback 272 pages
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- Categories: Biography: Business & Industry | Globalization | International Finance | Finance
- ISBN 13: 9780091909109 ISBN 10: 0091909104
- Sales rank: 2,739
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Full description for Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
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. He 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. Confessions 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'.
