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A Game as Old as Empire: The Secret World of Economic Hit Men and the Web of Global Corruptionby Steven Hiatt
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:John Perkins’ controversial exposé, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, became an international word-of-mouth sensation and a long-running New York Times bestseller. However, the revelations that John Perkins presented in Confessions of an Economic Hit Man were, actually, only a glimpse into the world of economic hit men. It turns out this secret world is even bigger, deeper, and more sinister than even Perkins knew. Perkins is now joined by a dozen other economic hit men and investigators, as they go much further in revealing how the EHM game has functioned, and continues to function, in many countries around the world. Through detailed confessions and hard facts and figures, A Game As Old As Empire unearths the truth about what is really going on in the world. Each chapter focuses on a particular case, detailing the methods used to deceive, steal, corrupt, and coerce. After presenting these particular cases, A Game As Old As Empire connects the dots — showing how the various pieces of this system come together to create the world’s first truly global empire. The book then offers a call to action, explaining what ordinary citizens can do to confront and unravel this destructive network of control. Book News Annotation:In Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins exposed his past
role as one of a cadre of imperial agents who use "fraudulent
financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, 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, 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, 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 in encouraging worldwide weapons
proliferation.
Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:John Perkins's sensational New York Times bestseller Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (more than 300,000 sold) revealed just the tip of the iceberg of the secret world of economic hit men and the web of global corruption. Now more economic hit men and investigators tell the whole shocking story. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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