Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, 3rd Edition
Will be published approx. on 28. February 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-5230-0189-7 (ISBN)
Description
"The riveting third edition of this New York Times bestselling title expands its focus to China, exposes corruption on an international scale, and offers much-needed solutions. Extensively updated, this edition features fourteen new chapters, including a new introduction and conclusion. The book brings the story of economic hit men (EHMs) up-to-date and focuses on China's EHM strategy. EHMs are highly paid professionals who use development loans to cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars and force them to serve US interests. Former economic hit man John Perkins gives an insider view into this system. With a truly global perspective, this book offers powerful revelations on extremely timely elements, including the third economic hit man wave that is sweeping the world and the way China optimizes US EHM models to make them a more dominating force. China's strategy is even more dangerous since it's successful at enticing lower income nations. Perkins also reveals how we can transform what he calls a failing Death Economy into a Life Economy. He encourages China's leaders to apply the Confucian ideal of serving the family to the global community to end the EHM strategy. The book ultimately provides a source of hope and inspires readers to participate in a new era of global cooperation"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5230-0189-7 (9781523001897)
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Person
John Perkins has written eleven books, including the first edition of this book, which was on the New York Times bestseller list for more than seventy weeks and was translated into over thirty languages. As a former chief economist, he advised the World Bank, the United Nations, Fortune 500 corporations, and governments around the world.
Content
Introduction: The Third Economic Hit Man Wave and China’s EHM Strategy
Part 1: Harbinger for the Future
1. A Defiant President
2. A Savior’s Nightmare
3. Canary in the Cage
Part II: 1963–1971
4. Dirty Business
5. An Economic Hit Man Is Born
6. “In for Life”
7. Indonesia: Lessons for an EHM
8. Saving a Country from Communism
9. Selling My Soul
Part III: 1971–1975
10. My Role as Inquisitor
11. Civilization on Trial
12. Opportunity of a Lifetime
13. Panama’s President and Hero
14. US Colonialism in the Canal Zone
15. Conversations with the General
16. Entering a New and Sinister Period in Economic History
17. The Saudi Arabian Money-Laundering Affair
18. Pimping, and Financing Osama bin Laden
Part IV: 1975–1981
19. Panama Canal Negotiations
20. Iran’s King of Kings
21. Confessions of a Tortured Man
22. The Fall of a King
23. Colombia: Keystone of Latin America
24. American Republic versus Global Empire
25. The Deceptive Résumé
26. Ecuador’s President Battles Big Oil
27. I Quit
Part V: 1981–2004
28. Ecuador’s Presidential Death
29. Panama: Another Presidential Death
30. My Energy Company and George W. Bush
31. I Take a Bribe
32. The United States Invades Panama
33. An EHM Failure in Iraq
Part VI: 2004–2016
34. Conspiracy: Was I Poisoned?
35. Istanbul: Death versus Life Economy
36 Another EHM Banking Scandal
37. The New Millennium’s New Economic Hit Men
38. The New Millennium’s New Jackals
Part VII: China’s EHM Strategy
39. China Swings the Balance
40. China’s Economic Hit Men
41. Latin America
42. Asia
43. Africa
44. The Middle East
45. Europe
46. The United States
Conclusion: We Each Have a Role to Play to End the EHM Strategy
Part 1: Harbinger for the Future
1. A Defiant President
2. A Savior’s Nightmare
3. Canary in the Cage
Part II: 1963–1971
4. Dirty Business
5. An Economic Hit Man Is Born
6. “In for Life”
7. Indonesia: Lessons for an EHM
8. Saving a Country from Communism
9. Selling My Soul
Part III: 1971–1975
10. My Role as Inquisitor
11. Civilization on Trial
12. Opportunity of a Lifetime
13. Panama’s President and Hero
14. US Colonialism in the Canal Zone
15. Conversations with the General
16. Entering a New and Sinister Period in Economic History
17. The Saudi Arabian Money-Laundering Affair
18. Pimping, and Financing Osama bin Laden
Part IV: 1975–1981
19. Panama Canal Negotiations
20. Iran’s King of Kings
21. Confessions of a Tortured Man
22. The Fall of a King
23. Colombia: Keystone of Latin America
24. American Republic versus Global Empire
25. The Deceptive Résumé
26. Ecuador’s President Battles Big Oil
27. I Quit
Part V: 1981–2004
28. Ecuador’s Presidential Death
29. Panama: Another Presidential Death
30. My Energy Company and George W. Bush
31. I Take a Bribe
32. The United States Invades Panama
33. An EHM Failure in Iraq
Part VI: 2004–2016
34. Conspiracy: Was I Poisoned?
35. Istanbul: Death versus Life Economy
36 Another EHM Banking Scandal
37. The New Millennium’s New Economic Hit Men
38. The New Millennium’s New Jackals
Part VII: China’s EHM Strategy
39. China Swings the Balance
40. China’s Economic Hit Men
41. Latin America
42. Asia
43. Africa
44. The Middle East
45. Europe
46. The United States
Conclusion: We Each Have a Role to Play to End the EHM Strategy