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John Perkins - Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

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{amazon id='0452287081' align='left'}John Perkins started and stopped writing Confessions of an Economic Hit Man four times over 20 years. He says he was threatened and bribed in an effort to kill the project, but after 9/11 he finally decided to go through with this expose of his former professional life. Perkins, a former chief economist at Boston strategic-consulting firm Chas. T. Main, says he was an "economic hit man" for 10 years, helping U.S. intelligence agencies and multinationals cajole and blackmail foreign leaders into serving U.S. foreign policy and awarding lucrative contracts to American business. "Economic hit men (EHMs) are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars," Perkins writes. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man is an extraordinary and gripping tale of intrigue and dark machinations. Think John Le Carré, except it's a true story.

The Hitman's Perspective:

John Perkins, Part 1 at the VFP National Convention - 22 min.

Author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, in tihs part John Perkins discusses from a hit man's perspective, the reasons and background to why the United States is at war in the Middle East.  Watch the first of a three part speech given to the Veterans For Peace National Convention, Seattle, WA in August 2006. 

John Perkins, Part 2 at the VFP National Convention - 31 min.

Author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. In this part, John discusses, from first hand experience, the globalization efforts of the corporatocracy in Central and South America.

John Perkins, Part 3 at the VFP National Convention - 16 min.

In this part, John takes Q & A and discusses actions which can be taken to counter the globalization efforts of the multi-national corporations.

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A Game as Old as Empire: The Secret World of Economic Hit Men and the Web of Global Corruption

{amazon id='1576753956' align='left'}John Perkins’ controversial exposé, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, became an international word-of-mouth sensation and a long-running New York Times bestseller. However, the revelations that John Perkins presented in Confessions of an Economic Hit Man were, actually, only a glimpse into the world of economic hit men. It turns out this secret world is even bigger, deeper, and more sinister than even Perkins knew. Perkins is now joined by a dozen other economic hit men and investigators, as they go much further in revealing how the EHM game has functioned, and continues to function, in many countries around the world. Through detailed confessions and hard facts and figures, A Game As Old As Empire unearths the truth about what is really going on in the world. Each chapter focuses on a particular case, detailing the methods used to deceive, steal, corrupt, and coerce. After presenting these particular cases, A Game As Old As Empire connects the dots — showing how the various pieces of this system come together to create the world’s first truly global empire. The book then offers a call to action, explaining what ordinary citizens can do to confront and unravel this destructive network of control.

PBS: "The Secret Government" - 22 min.