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Confessions of an Economic Hitman

By: John Perkins
Narrated by: Brian Emerson
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 This is the inside story of how America turned from a respected republic into a feared empire.

"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."

John Perkins should know; he was an economic hit man. His job was to convince countries that are strategically important to the U.S., from Indonesia to Panama, to accept enormous loans for infrastructure development and to make sure that the lucrative projects were contracted to Halliburton, Bechtel, Brown and Root, and other United States engineering and construction companies. Saddled with huge debts, these countries came under the control of the United States government, World Bank, and other U.S.-dominated aid agencies that acted like loan sharks, dictating repayment terms and bullying foreign governments into submission.

This extraordinary real-life tale exposes international intrigue, corruption, and little-known government and corporate activities that have dire consequences for American democracy and the world.

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loved the read. good flow..
well connected. I like the boldness to talk about politically sensitive issues.

Great book

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What made the experience of listening to Confessions of an Economic Hitman the most enjoyable?

this book was really interesting because it based on real life events and shows how corporations have shaped the world we live in today

What did you like best about this story?

the brutal honesty of the author and the things he has done in the past make this a really interesting read

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

The story of how Americans are using the world bank to scam and launder money throughout the world

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a must read for anyone concerned with how our world is shaped by money and oil, this book perfectly demonstrates how the US is becoming a world empire by use of the world bank

fascinating read

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Great book highly recommended for anyone who’s into economics or politics .. very well articulated .. very recommended

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Needs way better political analysis but a very good primer on 'how the world works' for the liberal realist. An awareness of class antagonism and a reading of some Marxist thinking would go a long way to unlocking much of the sense in this book.

Factual but not accurate.

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This book is a brilliant example of what happens when a member of a civilisation that lies to itself and from there, everyone else, about its nobility, glory, destiny and above all intrinsic goodness realises that this is all propaganda. Its about someone who realises that his country is the new global Evil Empire and that he is part of that. Who likes all the propaganda but not the methodology of wealth and power. Who loves the idea of America as the protector of democracy but knows the US has been the biggest enemy of democracy.
Mostly though its the book of a fantasist who believes that reality is somehow a later day perversion of Americas destiny rather than the accept that his "job" was just more of what the blacks and indigenous peoples of america have known about the nation since its birth.

An oddl book

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