Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins... Economic hit men are a highly paid group of experts who deceive and cheat countries around the world to extort trillions of dollars. These "hit men" funnel money from the World Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and other foreign aid organizations into the coffers of a small circle of powerful corporations and wealthy families who control the fate of the world's natural resources. Their tools include falsified financial reports, rigged elections, bribes, blackmail, sex, and murder. They play the same old game as empires of old, but with new and terrifying dimensions in the current era of globalization. The book exposes a series of international conspiracies to persuade countries of strategic importance to the United States to accept massive infrastructure loans and ensure that lucrative projects are awarded to American companies. Burdened with enormous debt, these countries fall under the control of the US government, the World Bank, and other US-dominated aid agencies, which dictate repayment terms and dictate crucial decisions for indebted governments. This is a powerful book that explains the economic crises of developing nations, the future of our lives, and the hidden aspects of undeclared international wars. It should be on the desk of every government official who is sensitive to the vicissitudes of our current global moment.