TY  - BOOK
AU  - ohn Perkins
TI  - The new confessions of an economic hitman: how America really took over the world
SN  - 9781785033858
U1  - 332.042 PER 
PY  - 0000///London
CY  - 2017
PB  - Ebury Press
KW  - Perkins, John, 1945-; United States. National Security Agency -- Biography; Chas. T. Main, Inc; World Bank -- Developing countries -- United States. -- National Security Agency -- Biography; Economists -- United States -- Biography; Energy consultants -- United States -- Biography; Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography; Corporations, American -- Foreign countries; Corporations, American -- Corrupt practices; Imperialism -
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - The previous edition of this now-classic book revealed the existence and subversive manipulations of "economic hit men". John Perkins wrote that economic hit men (EHM) "are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. Their tools include fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex, and murder". In Perkins' case, the tool was debt - convincing strategically important countries to borrow huge amounts of money for enormous "development" projects that served the very rich while driving the country deeper into poverty and debt. And once indebted, these countries could be controlled
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