Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: The Shocking Story of How America Really Too

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		Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: The Shocking Story of How America Really Too
		Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: The Shocking Story of How America Really Too

基本信息·出版社：Plume
·页码：256 页
·出版日期：2006年02月
·ISBN：0091909104
·条形码：9780091909109
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
·外文书名：一个经济杀手的自白

内容简介 As an EHM in the '60s and '70s, covertly recruited by the US National Security Agency, John Perkins helped further American imperial interests in countries such as Ecuador, Panama, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia. He tried to write this book four times but was threatened or bribed each time to halt. The events of 9/11 - a direct result of the activities of EHMs in the 1970s - finally forced him to confront the role he played himself, and to reveal the truth to the rest of the world. "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" has become a word-of-mouth bestseller in the US. It has been called the book that finally 'connects the dots, the book that best explains what is really going on in the world'. Once you've read it you will find yourself recommending it to everyone you know. It can truly change the way you view the world. As one US reader writes: 'I feel that this is not just a book - it is an event, with powerful cultural and political ramifications. This book turns our understanding of history upside down, and I implore you to read it as soon as you possibly can. The more people who are aware, the more easily change can brought about.'

Following his EHM work, Perkins founded Independent Power Systems, an alternative energy provider that successfully changed the US utility industry. He is now president of Dream Change Coalition, a nonprofit organization working with Amazonian and other indigenous people to help preserve their environments and cultures. 'As I travel around the world, I find that people know that their country just received a billion-dollar loan, for example, from the World Bank and that American corporations are there benefiting from the loan, but that their own lives are getting worse,' he says.
作者简介 John Perkins was covertly recruited to be an economic hit man (EHM) by the US National Security Agency during his last year at Boston University's School of Business Administration, in the late 1960s. As Chief Economist for the international consulting firm Chas. T. Main from 1971 to 1981, he convinced underdeveloped countries to accept massive loans for infrastructure development and ensured that the projects were contracted to multinational corporations. The countries acquired enormous debt, and the US and international aid agencies were able to control their economies.
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"A dangerous melting pot of corruption, deception and greed..reminiscent of American writers such as Tom Wolfe and Hunter Thompson."

Metro
"Intriguing...provides ammunition for the case against globalisation."

The Guardian Weekend
"In toe-curling detail, the fictional exploits of the people we imagine to work as undercover agents turn your stomach."

The Independent on Sunday
"An entirely riveting and vital exposé of the immoral, underhand dealings of the American corporatocracy."

The Ecologist
"Thank heaven for whistleblowers like John Perkins... This book will grip and shock you in equal meausre"

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