Confessions of an economic hit man
By: John Perkins.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9781576753019
Subjects: Perkins, John, 1945-; United States. National Security Agency -- Biography.; Chas. T. Main, Inc.; World Bank -- Developing countries.; Economists -- United States -- Biography.; Energy consultants -- United States -- Biography.; Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography.; Corporations, American -- Foreign countries.; Corporations, American -- Corrupt practices.; Imperialism -- History -- 20th century.; Imperialism -- History -- 21st century.
Genres: Biography.
Description: A former consultant to the U.S. government reveals the inner workings of the high-stakes economic game that encourages Third World economies to borrow money so that major corporations like Halliburton end up getting the contracts.
Table of contents: title: 1963-1971; title: An economic hit man is born; title: "In for life"; title: Indonesia: lessons for an EHM; title: Saving a country from communism; title: Selling my soul; title: 1971-1975; title: My role as inquisitor; title: Civilization on trial; title: Jesus, seen differently; title: Opportunity of a lifetime; title: Panama's president and hero; title: Pirates in the Canal Zone; title: Soldiers and prostitutes; title: Conversations with the general; title: Entering a new and sinister period in economic history; title: The Saudi Arabian money-laundering affair; title: Pimping, and financing Osama bin Laden; title: 1975-1981; title: Panama Canal negotiations and Graham Greene; title: Iran's king of kings; title: Confessions of a tortured man; title: The fall of a king; title: Colombia: keystone of Latin America; title: American republic versus global empire; title: The deceptive résumé; title: Ecuador's president battles big oil; title: I quit; title: 1981-present; title: Ecuador's presidential death; title: Panama: another presidential death; title: My energy company, Enron, and George W. Bush; title: I take a bribe; title: The United States invades Panama; title: An EHM failure in Iraq; title: September 11 and its aftermath for me, personally; title: Venezuela: saved by Saddam; title: Ecuador revisited; title: Piercing the veneer.