Phil Scott
Tue, Jan-04-05, 05:16
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: How the U.S. Uses
Globalization to Cheat Poor Countries Out of Trillions
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/31/1546207
Watch/Listen to an hourlong interview with John Perkins, a
former respected member of the international banking
community. In his book Confessions of an Economic Hit Man he
describes how as a highly paid professional, he helped the
U.S. cheat poor countries around the globe out of trillions of
dollars by lending them more money than they could possibly
repay and then taking over their economies. John Perkins
describes himself as a former economic hit man - a highly paid
professional who cheated countries around the globe out of
trillions of dollars.
20 years ago Perkins began writing a book with the working
title, "Conscience of an Economic Hit Men."
Perkins writes, "The book was to be dedicated to the
presidents of two countries, men who had been his clients whom
I respected and thought of as kindred spirits - Jaime Roldós,
president of Ecuador, and Omar Torrijos, president of Panama.
Both had just died in fiery crashes. Their deaths were not
accidental. They were assassinated because they opposed that
fraternity of corporate, government, and banking heads whose
goal is global empire. We Economic Hit Men failed to bring
Roldós and Torrijos around, and the other type of hit men, the
CIA-sanctioned jackals who were always right behind us,
stepped in.
John Perkins goes on to write: "I was persuaded to stop
writing that book. I started it four more times during the
next twenty years. On each occasion, my decision to begin
again was influenced by current world events: the U.S.
invasion of Panama in 1980, the first Gulf War, Somalia, and
the rise of Osama bin Laden. However, threats or bribes always
convinced me to stop."
But now Perkins has finally published his story. The book is
titled Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.
Watch and/or listen to the interview
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/31/1546207
read excerpt: http://www.globalpublicmedia.com/interviews/188
===========
22 CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN, by John Perkins.
(Berrett-Koehler) Listed as #22 here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/19/books/bestseller/1219bestha-
rdnonfic...
=======================================
good short article here: "Smedley Butler, Meet John Perkins"
- about the most decorated Major General in Marine Corps
history and John Perkins, the former Economic Hitman.
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1119-24.htm
===============
here's the former Hit Man's home page
http://www.johnperkins.org/
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: How the U.S. Uses
Globalization to Cheat Poor Countries Out of Trillions
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/31/1546207
Watch/Listen to an hourlong interview with John Perkins, a
former respected member of the international banking
community. In his book Confessions of an Economic Hit Man he
describes how as a highly paid professional, he helped the
U.S. cheat poor countries around the globe out of trillions of
dollars by lending them more money than they could possibly
repay and then taking over their economies. John Perkins
describes himself as a former economic hit man - a highly paid
professional who cheated countries around the globe out of
trillions of dollars.
20 years ago Perkins began writing a book with the working
title, "Conscience of an Economic Hit Men."
Perkins writes, "The book was to be dedicated to the
presidents of two countries, men who had been his clients whom
I respected and thought of as kindred spirits - Jaime Roldós,
president of Ecuador, and Omar Torrijos, president of Panama.
Both had just died in fiery crashes. Their deaths were not
accidental. They were assassinated because they opposed that
fraternity of corporate, government, and banking heads whose
goal is global empire. We Economic Hit Men failed to bring
Roldós and Torrijos around, and the other type of hit men, the
CIA-sanctioned jackals who were always right behind us,
stepped in.
John Perkins goes on to write: "I was persuaded to stop
writing that book. I started it four more times during the
next twenty years. On each occasion, my decision to begin
again was influenced by current world events: the U.S.
invasion of Panama in 1980, the first Gulf War, Somalia, and
the rise of Osama bin Laden. However, threats or bribes always
convinced me to stop."
But now Perkins has finally published his story. The book is
titled Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.
Watch and/or listen to the interview
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/31/1546207
read excerpt: http://www.globalpublicmedia.com/interviews/188
===========
22 CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN, by John Perkins.
(Berrett-Koehler) Listed as #22 here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/19/books/bestseller/1219bestha-
rdnonfic...
=======================================
good short article here: "Smedley Butler, Meet John Perkins"
- about the most decorated Major General in Marine Corps
history and John Perkins, the former Economic Hitman.
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1119-24.htm
===============
here's the former Hit Man's home page
http://www.johnperkins.org/