CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN
by PERKINS, JOHN
List Price: HK$ 160.00
ˇ@ISBN
9780452287082
ˇ@Subject
SOCIETY, POLITICS & PHILOSOPHY
ˇ@Publisher
PLUME US
ˇ@Publication
2006
ˇ@Edition
Paperback
ˇ@Version
Original
ˇ@Description
As an economic hit man for an international consulting firm, John Perkins convinced developing countries to accept enormous loans and to funnel that money to U.S. corporations. The American government and international aid agencies then requested their ˇ§pound of fleshˇ¨, including access o natural resources, military cooperation, and political support.
It is a story of one manˇ¦s experiences inside the intrigue, greed, corruption, and little-known government and corporate activities that America has been involved in since World War II, and which have dire consequences for the future of democracy and the world.
