A game as old as empire; the secret world of economic hit men and the web of global corruption.9781576753958 A game as old as empire A Game as Old as Empire (ISBN 978-1-57675-395-8) is a collection of accounts from investigators, journalists and self-proclaimed economic hitmen about the secret world of global corruption. ; the secret world of economic hit men and the web of global corruption. Ed. by Steven Hiatt. Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2007 310 pages $24.95 Hardcover HD2755 In Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins
John Perkins (b. 28 January 1945 in Hanover, New Hampshire) is an activist and author. exposed his past role as one of a cadre of imperial agents who use "fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion extortion, in law, unlawful demanding or receiving by an officer, in his official capacity, of any property or money not legally due to him. Examples include requesting and accepting fees in excess of those allowed to him by statute or arresting a person and, with , sex, and murder" in order to loot countries of aid and development funds on behalf of what he has dubbed the "corporatocracy." This collection of essays is intended as a companion to Confessions that exposes the wider machinery of the "economic hit men" of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the US government, and global big business and the "jackals" from the Central Intelligence Agency and elsewhere that often follow in their wake, instigating coups, sowing destabilization de·sta·bi·lize tr.v. de·sta·bi·lized, de·sta·bi·liz·ing, de·sta·bi·liz·es 1. To upset the stability or smooth functioning of: , and otherwise carrying out the agenda of the "corporatocracy." The 12 essays include personal accounts of other "economic hit men" involved in business, aid, and banking corruption; investigative reports on the activities of the infamous Bank of Credit and Commerce International The Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) was a major international bank founded in Pakistan in 1972. At its peak, it operated in 78 countries, had over 400 branches, and claimed assets of $25 billion. , corrupt World Bank development aid practices in the Philippines and elsewhere, manipulation of Iraq's oil laws under the US occupation; and wider contextual pieces documenting the overall workings of so-called debt-relief and the role export credit agencies Export Credit Agency An agency established by a country to finance its nation's goods, investment, and services, often offers political risk insurance. in encouraging worldwide weapons proliferation. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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