A game as old as empire : the secret world of economic hit men and the web of global corruption / / edited by Steven Hiatt ; introduction by John Perkins
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| Titolo: |
A game as old as empire : the secret world of economic hit men and the web of global corruption / / edited by Steven Hiatt ; introduction by John Perkins
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| Pubblicazione: | San Francisco, : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. |
| Berkeley, CA, : Publishers Group West [distributor], c2007 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.1/323 |
| Soggetto topico: | International business enterprises - Corrupt practices |
| Political corruption | |
| Structural adjustment (Economic policy) | |
| Dependency | |
| Globalization - Social aspects | |
| Altri autori: |
HiattSteven <1948->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; 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 |
| 10 Exporting Destruction11 The Mirage of Debt Relief; 12 Global Uprising: The Web of Resistance; About the Authors; Acknowledgments; Appendix: Resources of Hope; Index; | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Exposes 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. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Secret world of economic hit men and the web of global corruption |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A game as old as empire |
| ISBN: | 1-282-29962-X |
| 9786612299629 | |
| 1-57675-798-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814776803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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