Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.

303 p. Lediglich die Seiten sind papierbedingt leicht gebräunt. Sonst aber ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar/ Only the pages are slightly browned due to the paper. But otherwise a good and clean copy. - “Economic hit men, ” John Perkins writes, “are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. Their tools include fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex, and murder. They play a game as old as Empire but one that has taken on terrifying dimensions during this time of globalization.” John Perkins should know—as an economic hit man for an international consulting firm, he convinced developing countries to accept enormous loans and to funnel that money to U.S. corporations. The American government and international aid agencies then requested their “pound of flesh, ” including access to natural resources, military cooperation, and political support. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man is the story of one man’s experiences inside the intrigue, greed, corruption, and little-known government and corporate activities that America has been involved in since World War II, and which have dire consequences for the future of democracy and the world. CONTENT: PART I: - An Economic Hit Man Is Born “In for Life” Indonesia: Lessons for an EHM Saving a Country from Communism Selling My Soul PART II: - My Role as Inquisitor Civilization on Trial Jesus, Seen Differently Opportunity of a Lifetime Panamas President and Hero Pirates in the Canal Zone Soldiers and Prostitutes Conversations with the General Entering a New and Sinister Period in Economic History The Saudi Arabian Money-laundering Affair Pimping, and Financing Osama bin Laden PART III: - Panama Canal Negotiations and Graham Greene Iran’s King of Kings Confessions of a Tortured Man The Fall of a King Colombia: Keystone of Latin America American Republic Versus Global Empire The Deceptive Resume Ecuador’s President Battles Big Oil I Quit PART IV: -PRESENT Ecuador’s Presidential Death Panama: Another Presidential Death My Energy Company, Enron, and George W. Bush I Take a Bribe The United States Invades Panama An EHM Failure in Iraq September and Its Aftermath for Me, Personally Venezuela: Saved by Saddam Ecuador Revisited Piercing the Veneer What You Can Do Epilogue John Perkins Personal History Notes Index About the Author. ISBN 9780452287082