Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, by John Perkins are the semi-autobiographical story of author’s experience as an Economic Hit Man (EHM) at the MAIN. The biographer had no notion what MAIN actually did. He was trained to be an Economic Hit Man from the lady Claudine he met in the library. She clarified to him about the two crucial objectives for an Economic Hit Man. First, he was to justify huge international loans to less developed countries (LDC’s) that will funnel the money back to MAIN and

John Perkin is an American Author. He lived as an economic hit man ,as the CEO of an energy company, as a teacher, an activist and as a writer. He has written his autobiography, “THE CONFESSION OF AN ECONOMIC HITMAN” which became an international best seller. The confession of an economic hit man is John Perkin’s autobiography which disclose his career as an economist for an international consulting firm. As an EHM, John had the job of persuading economically developing

Introduction The Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins is a well-known book in the past and even more well-known book in the present. To have experienced and lived through the hardship of being an economic hit man is astonishing. This novel contains knowledge and informative information, that even one who is not that knowledgeable about this field of study can understand and become further informed of how corrupt the major organizations in this global economy are like. Additionally

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About the Author John Perkins is an American novelist. Confessions of Economic Hitman (2004) is one of his bestsellers. Perkins graduated in 1963 from the Tilton School and completed Bachelors of Science degree in Business Administration in 1968 from Boston University. From 1968-1970, he volunteered for Peace Corps in Ecuador. He was screened by National Security Agency (NSA) while working for a firm in Boston, Chas.T.Main during 1970s to work as EHM. His job as EHM was

Confessions of an Economic Hit man John Perkins The reasons as to why I selected this book was heavily weighted on my personal interests. The fact that I am interested in matters of economics, imperialism, capitalism and deception and corruption on a government level, made reviewing Confessions of an economic hit man an enjoyable experience. “For them, this is a war about the survival of their children and cultures, while for us it is about power, money and natural resources. It is one part

A Book Review of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man By John Perkins (187)Confessions of an Economic Hit Man By John Perkins was written in 2004, which reflects the increasing realization of the corporate power of Halliburton and other transnational organizations that were destroying third world nations, such as Iraq, during the Bush Administration. Of course, Perkins (2004) had worked with Halliburton through his previous NSA connections in the U.S. intelligence services. In this manner, Perkins

book The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man is a very critical account on the activities of private corporations such as MAIN and international financial institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund and how many actions are based on self-interest, corruption and greed. The book does an exceptional job at giving us an insider’s perspective on why debt induced developing nations are in a constant state of underdevelopment from the corrupt actions of Economic Hit Men and their

New York Times, Time Magazine, Royals, heads of Parliament, among many others. “Wealth is only as useful as the power you actually wield with it” and he believes that the group sent, the date for the invasion of Iraq, set oil prices, and caused the economic crash ultimately showing that they run the world (Estulin). The Bilderberg group wants to decrease the population by 80% because they believe that they cannot control the current population (Jones). This is because the elitists want to only have

Economic Hitman I decided to talk about Economic Hitman because since I opened the web site, I got attracted by this quote “Dedicated to transforming the world into a sustainable, just and peaceful home where all beings can thrive”, by John Perkins who is an American author and one of the famous economist person in the world because he claims to have played a role in an supposed process of economic establishment of Third World countries on behalf of what he shows as a section of the United States