TY - BOOK ID - 78462736 TI - The new confessions of an economic hit man PY - 2016 SN - 1626566763 1626566755 9781626566750 9781626566767 9781626566743 PB - Oakland, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., DB - UniCat KW - Intelligence officers KW - Economists KW - Energy consultants KW - Corporations, American KW - Imperialism KW - Colonialism KW - Empires KW - Expansion (United States politics) KW - Neocolonialism KW - Political science KW - Anti-imperialist movements KW - Caesarism KW - Chauvinism and jingoism KW - Militarism KW - Consultants KW - Corrupt practices. KW - History KW - Perkins, John, KW - Perkins, John M., KW - Perkkin̲s, Jān̲, KW - Perkin̲s, Jān̲, KW - Jōn, Parkins, KW - Перкинс, Джон, KW - Perkins, Dzhon, KW - United States. KW - Chas. T. Main, Inc. KW - World Bank KW - Main (Chas. T.) inc. KW - Main, Inc. KW - Charles T. Main, Inc. KW - National Security Agency KW - NSA KW - N.S.A. KW - Corrupt practices KW - E-books KW - Világbank KW - Banque internationale pour la reconstruction et le développement KW - Mezhdunarodnyĭ bank dli︠a︡ rekonstrukt︠s︡ii i razvitii︠a︡ KW - MBRR KW - Sekai Ginkō KW - Kokusai Fukkō Kaihatsu Ginkō KW - Kukche Puhŭng Kaebal Ŭnhaeng KW - Segye Ŭnhaeng KW - IBRD KW - Welt Bank KW - Weltbank KW - Banque mondiale KW - Internationale Bank für Wiederaufbau und Entwicklung KW - Banco Internacional de Reconstrucción y Fomento KW - Banco Mundial KW - B.I.R.D. KW - BIRD KW - Banca Internațională pentru Reconstrucție și Dezvoltare KW - Mirovoĭ Bank KW - Svitovyĭ Bank KW - Svitovyĭ bank rekonstrukt︠s︡iï i rozvytku KW - Verdensbanken KW - Międzynarodowy Bank Rozwoju i Odbudowy KW - Bank al-Dawlī lil-Inshāʼ wa-al-Taʻmīr KW - Bank al-Dawlī KW - Världsbanken KW - Banca ricostruzione e sviluppo KW - Banca di ricostruzione e sviluppo KW - BIRF KW - I.B.R.D. KW - B.I.R.F. KW - Shih chieh yin hang KW - Shi jie yin hang KW - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development KW - World Bank Group. World Bank KW - Thanākhān Lōk KW - Bank Światowy KW - Viśva Baiṅka KW - Lōka Băṅkuva KW - Ngân hàng Thế giới KW - Vsemirnyĭ Bank KW - Bank Dunia KW - Msopʻlio Bankis KW - Banca Mondială KW - BM KW - Prapañca Byāṅku KW - Banca mondiale KW - Banca internazionale per la ricostruzione e lo sviluppo KW - Dhanāgār Bibhab Lok KW - البنك الدولي KW - بنك الدولي KW - 世界銀行 KW - 世界银行 KW - 国際復興開発銀行 KW - Dėlkhiĭn Bank KW - Дэлхийн Банк KW - Hamashkharhayin Banki KW - Svetska Banka KW - Wereldbank KW - Internationale bank voor herstel en ontwikkeling UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78462736 AB - Shocking 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. ER -