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The new confessions of an economic hit man /

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The new confessions of an economic hit man /

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John Perkins.

Second edition.

Oakland, CA :

Berrett-Koehler Publishers,

[2016]

©2016

1 online resource (1 volume).

A BK currents book

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The new confessions -- Part I. 1963-1971 -- Dirty business -- An economic hit man is born -- "In for life" -- Indonesia : lessons for an EHM -- Saving a country from communism -- Selling my soul -- Part II. 1971-1975 -- My role as inquisitor -- Civilization on trial -- Opportunity of a lifetime -- Panama's 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. 1975-1981 -- 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 résumé -- Ecuador's president battles big oil -- I quit -- Part IV. 1981-2004 -- 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 11 and its aftermath for me, personally -- Venezuela : saved by Saddam -- Part V. 2004-today -- Conspiracy : was I poisoned? -- A jackal speaks : the Seychelles conspiracy -- Ecuador rebels -- Honduras : the CIA strikes -- Your friendly banker as EHM -- Vietnam : lessons in a prison -- Istanbul : tools of modern empire -- A coup against Fundacion Pachamama -- Another EHM banking scandal -- Who are today's economic hit men? -- Who are today's jackals? -- Lessons for China -- What you can do -- Things to do -- Documentation of EHM activity from 2004 to 2015 -- John Perkins personal history.

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New confessions of an economic hit man.

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Confessions of an economic hit man

Perkins, John,1945-

Perkins, John,1945-

United States.

United States.

Chas. T. Main, Inc.

World Bank-- Developing countries.

Chas. T. Main, Inc.

World Bank.

Corporations, American-- Corrupt practices.

Economists-- United States, Biography.

Energy consultants-- United States, Biography.

Imperialism-- History-- 20th century.

Imperialism-- History-- 21st century.

Intelligence officers-- United States, Biography.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance

Corporations, American-- Corrupt practices.

Economists.

Energy consultants.

Imperialism.

Intelligence officers.

Developing countries.

United States.

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