LEADER 04501nam 2200697 450 001 9910460587503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-62656-676-3 010 $a1-62656-675-5 035 $a(OCoLC)933908790 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001591892 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16288288 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001591892 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14832271 035 $a(PQKB)11099394 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4201916 035 $a(CaSebORM)9781626566767 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4201916 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11135856 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL881134 035 $a(OCoLC)935251131 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000538739 100 $a20160115h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|---|nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe new confessions of an economic hit man /$fJohn Perkins 205 $aSecond edition. 210 1$aOakland, California :$cBerrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (306 pages) 225 1 $aA BK currents book 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-62656-674-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aShocking Bestseller: The original version of this astonishing tell-all book spent 73 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, has sold more than 1.25 million copies, and has been translated into 32 languages. New Revelations: Featuring 15 explosive new chapters, this expanded edition of Perkins's classic bestseller brings the story of economic hit men (EHMs) up to date and, chillingly, home to the US. Over 40 percent of the book is new, including chapters identifying today's EHMs and a detailed chronology extensively documenting EHM activity since the first edition was published in 2004. Former economic hit man John Perkins shares new details about the ways he and others cheated countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. Then he reveals how the deadly EHM cancer he helped create has spread far more widely and deeply than ever in the US and everywhere else?to become the dominant system of business, government, and society today. Finally, he gives an insider view of what we each can do to change it. Economic hit men are the shock troops of what Perkins calls the corporatocracy, a vast network of corporations, banks, colluding governments, and the rich and powerful people tied to them. If the EHMs can't maintain the corrupt status quo through nonviolent coercion, the jackal assassins swoop in. The heart of this book is a completely new section, over 100 pages long, that exposes the fact that all the EHM and jackal tools?false economics, false promises, threats, bribes, extortion, debt, deception, coups, assassinations, unbridled military power?are used around the world today exponentially more than during the era Perkins exposed over a decade ago. The material in this new section ranges from the Seychelles, Honduras, Ecuador, and Libya to Turkey, Western Europe, Vietnam, China, and, in perhaps the most unexpected and sinister development, the United States, where the new EHMs?bankers, lobbyists, corporate executives, and others??con governments and the public into submitting to policies that make the rich richer and the poor poorer.? But as dark as the story gets, this reformed EHM also provides hope. Perkins offers a detailed list of specific actions each of us can take to transform what he calls a failing Death Economy into a Life Economy that provides sustainable abundance for all. 410 0$aBK currents book. 606 $aIntelligence officers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aEconomists$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aEnergy consultants$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aCorporations, American$xCorrupt practices 606 $aImperialism$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aImperialism$xHistory$y21st century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aIntelligence officers 615 0$aEconomists 615 0$aEnergy consultants 615 0$aCorporations, American$xCorrupt practices. 615 0$aImperialism$xHistory 615 0$aImperialism$xHistory 676 $a332.042092 700 $aPerkins$b John$f1945-$0627202 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460587503321 996 $aThe new confessions of an economic hit man$92482746 997 $aUNINA