"This riveting look at a world of intrigue reads like a spy novel….
Highly recommended…"
—Library Journal
In this shocking memoir, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man,
John Perkins tells of his own inner journey from willing servant of
empire to impassioned advocate for the rights of oppressed people.
Covertly recruited by the United States National Security Agency and on
the payroll of an international consulting firm, he traveled the
world—to Indonesia, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Saudi Arabia, Iran and
other strategically important countries. His job was to implement
policies that promoted the interests of the U.S. corporatocracy (a
coalition of government, banks, and corporations) while professing to
alleviate poverty—policies that alienated many nations and ultimately
led to September 11 and growing anti-Americanism. Within a few weeks of
its release , Confessions of an Economic Hit Man landed onThe New York Times Bestseller List, then 19 other bestseller lists including the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.
The author has been interviewed repeatedly on national radio and
television shows, including Amy Goodman's Democracy Now, CSPAN's Book
TV, and PBS' Now with David Brancaccio. And now the book is being
published in 9 languages around the world. According to John Perkins,
"It is accomplishing an important objective in inspiring people to
think and talk and to know that we can change the world."
“[A] gripping tell-all book….”
--Rocky Mountain News “John Perkins' story is so astonishing it defies belief…. imagine the conceptual love child of James Bond and Milton Friedman.”
--Boston Herald
“…compulsively readable and
revealing.… Resisting threats and bribes, Perkins persisted and wrote
his well-documented confessional. He has produced an unflinching and
forceful insider’s look at how the U.S. government, multinational ‘aid’
organizations and corporations are following a dangerous path in their
pursuit of oil
and other resources.”
--Winnipeg Free Press
