LEADER 03355nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910454726903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-29962-X 010 $a9786612299629 010 $a1-57675-798-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000689454 035 $a(EBL)335388 035 $a(OCoLC)476147201 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000160599 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11161246 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000160599 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10182119 035 $a(PQKB)11222095 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC335388 035 $a(CaSebORM)9781576757987 035 $a(PPN)170232697 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL335388 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10221993 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL229962 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000689454 100 $a20061019d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 02$aA game as old as empire$b[electronic resource] $ethe secret world of economic hit men and the web of global corruption /$fedited by Steven Hiatt ; introduction by John Perkins 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSan Francisco $cBerrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. ;$aBerkeley, CA $cPublishers Group West [distributor]$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (321 p.) 225 1 $aA BK currents book 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57675-395-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Introduction: New Confessions and Revelations from the World of Economic Hit Men; 1 Global Empire: The Web of Control; 2 Selling Money?and Dependency: Setting the Debt Trap; 3 Dirty Money: Inside the Secret World of Offshore Banking; 4 BCCI's Double Game: Banking on America, Banking on Jihad; 5 The Human Cost of Cheap Cell Phones; 6 Mercenaries on the Front Lines in the New Scramble for Africa; 7 Hijacking Iraq's Oil Reserves: Economic Hit Men at Work; 8 The World Bank and the 100 Billion Question; 9 The Philippines, the World Bank, and the Race to the Bottom 327 $a10 Exporting Destruction11 The Mirage of Debt Relief; 12 Global Uprising: The Web of Resistance; About the Authors; Acknowledgments; Appendix: Resources of Hope; Index; 330 $aExposes the secrets of a worldwide web of control, corruption, and plunder. This book tells how bigger powers operate to enrich small elite and corporate coffers while often impoverishing masses of people and creating debt and dependency that economically enslave countries for generations. 410 0$aBK currents book. 606 $aInternational business enterprises$xCorrupt practices 606 $aPolitical corruption 606 $aStructural adjustment (Economic policy) 606 $aDependency 606 $aGlobalization$xSocial aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aInternational business enterprises$xCorrupt practices. 615 0$aPolitical corruption. 615 0$aStructural adjustment (Economic policy) 615 0$aDependency. 615 0$aGlobalization$xSocial aspects. 676 $a364.1/323 701 $aHiatt$b Steven$f1948-$0847142 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454726903321 996 $aA game as old as empire$91892467 997 $aUNINA