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Confessions of an economic hit man / John Perkins.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2004.Description: xxi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1576753018 (alk. paper)
  • 9781576753019
  • 0452287081
  • 9780452287082
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 332/.042/092
LOC classification:
  • B UB 271 P449c 2004
Contents:
1963-1971 An economic hit man is born "In for life" Indonesia: lessons for an EHM Saving a country from communism Selling my soul 1971-1975 My role as inquisitor Civilization on trial Jesus, seen differently Opportunity of a lifetime Panama's president and hero Pirates in the Canal Zone Soldiers and prostitutes Conversations with the general Entering a new and sinister period in economic history The Saudi Arabian money-laundering affair Pimping, and financing Osama bin Laden 1975-1981 Panama Canal negotiations and Graham Greene Iran's king of kings Confessions of a tortured man The fall of a king Colombia: keystone of Latin America American republic versus global empire The deceptive résumé Ecuador's president battles big oil I quit 1981-present Ecuador's presidential death Panama: another presidential death My energy company, Enron, and George W. Bush I take a bribe The United States invades Panama An EHM failure in Iraq September 11 and its aftermath for me, personally Venezuela: saved by Saddam Ecuador revisited Piercing the veneer
Summary: A former consultant to the U.S. government reveals the inner workings of the high-stakes economic game that encourages Third World economies to borrow money so that major corporations like Halliburton end up getting the contracts
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) B UB 271 P449c 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000027985
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1963-1971
An economic hit man is born
"In for life"
Indonesia: lessons for an EHM
Saving a country from communism
Selling my soul
1971-1975
My role as inquisitor
Civilization on trial
Jesus, seen differently
Opportunity of a lifetime
Panama's president and hero
Pirates in the Canal Zone
Soldiers and prostitutes
Conversations with the general
Entering a new and sinister period in economic history
The Saudi Arabian money-laundering affair
Pimping, and financing Osama bin Laden
1975-1981
Panama Canal negotiations and Graham Greene
Iran's king of kings
Confessions of a tortured man
The fall of a king
Colombia: keystone of Latin America
American republic versus global empire
The deceptive résumé
Ecuador's president battles big oil
I quit
1981-present
Ecuador's presidential death
Panama: another presidential death
My energy company, Enron, and George W. Bush
I take a bribe
The United States invades Panama
An EHM failure in Iraq
September 11 and its aftermath for me, personally
Venezuela: saved by Saddam
Ecuador revisited
Piercing the veneer

A former consultant to the U.S. government reveals the inner workings of the high-stakes economic game that encourages Third World economies to borrow money so that major corporations like Halliburton end up getting the contracts

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