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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 337.73
EAN: 9780452289574
ISBN: 0452289572
Label: Plume
Manufacturer: Plume
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: April 29, 2008
Publisher: Plume
Sales Rank: 4177
Studio: Plume
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In his stunning memoir, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins detailed his former role as an 'economic hit man' in the international corporate skulduggery of a de facto American Empire. Now Perkins zeroes in on hot spots around the world, drawing on interviews to examine the current geopolitical crisis, and providing a compassionate plan to reimagine our world.
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Rating:  - No cover jacket on book sent
Just thought I'd inform fellow customers that I ordered a hardback book and received it without the cover jacket.
Rating:  - We must never let the military-industrial complex endanger our liberties (D. Eisenhower)
After a life of `robbing from the poor and giving to the rich' as an economic hit man, thereby pocketing his commissions, John Perkins became an environment activist and a militant for change in the policies of the corporatocracy.
Corporatocracy
The author delivers in this book many well directed punches into the face of his former employers, transnational companies which act as imperial dictatorships in the global economy.
Together with their long arms (controlled or corrupt ... Read More
Rating: - This book will change your view of the USA in the world!
As a former "Economic Hit Man", Perkins reveals the damage done to nations who do not yield to US demands for their resources. He shows how the usual pattern is to send in the "Jackals" (the CIA) to do the initial dirty work including assassinations, starting internal wars, and many other things.The EHMs then move in to privatise local institutions which are acquired by US interests, and set up massive loans which poor countries can never afford to repay. Among the examples given are Indonesia, Bolivia, ... Read More
Rating:  - Personal testimony gives flavor & readability but makes for unverifiability
The US State Dept website's description of Perkins' previous book (Confessions of an Economic Hit Man) works here, as well: "an exciting, first-person, cloak-and-dagger tale that plays to popular images about alleged U.S. economic exploitation of Third World countries."
In an easy to read style, Perkins weaves his personal stories around generally established events from around the world that one can usually trace to sources other than Perkins. Although it certainly doesn't hurt to have such ... Read More
Rating: - What the empire has done, and what we can do to heal the world.
John Perkins, a former "economic hit man", revealed his emotional turmoil in Confessions of an Economic Hitman. He illustrated from an insider's perspective the evils of the modern-day empire building of corporations or "corporatocracy" in action. He lifted the veil on the military-industrial complex, which partners with Government in bewitching consumers with guile, corruption and big marketing budgets, whilst carrying out gross environmental and human rights abuses.
In this sequel, Perkins has ... Read More
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