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Confessions of An Economic Hit Man
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Jan 26, 2005, 08:47 PM
 
Economic hit men (EHMs) are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. They funnel money from the World Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and other foreign "aid" organizations into the coffers of huge corporations and the pockets of a few wealthy families who control the planet's natural resources. Their tools included fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex, and murder. They play a game as old as empire, but one that has taken on new and terrifying dimensions during this time of globalization.

However—and this is a very large caveat—if we fail, an even more sinister breed steps in, ones we EHMs refer to as the jackals, men who trace their heritage directly to those earlier empires. The jackals are always there, lurking in the shadows. When they emerge, heads of state are overthrown or die in violent “accidents.” And if by chance the jackals fail, as they failed in Afghanistan and Iraq, then the old models resurface. When the jackals fail, young Americans are sent in to kill and die.

…somehow we find it hard to sell our values, namely that the rich should plunder the poor. - J. F. Dulles
     
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Jan 26, 2005, 09:01 PM
 
John’s earlier books have been published in 14 languages. They include:
* Shapeshifting: Shamanic Techniques for Global and Personal Transformation
* Psychonavigation: Techniques for Travel Beyond Time
Many indigenous cultures have known the art of shapeshifting: the actual transformation of a human being into another living creature. Lakota Sioux warriors would shapeshift into buffalo to become better hunters and to honor the animal, and Andean shamans transform into plants from the jungle to learn healing power. In this book, author John Perkins examines these ancient shamanic practices and reveals the mental techniques that enable an individual to merge with another living creature.


Guy seems like a bit of a nut, but interesting.
     
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Jan 26, 2005, 09:48 PM
 
I'm surprised that Lopate would even interview such a shameless self-aggrandizer.

Psychonavigation indeed.
     
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Jan 27, 2005, 03:31 PM
 
The author is a former respected member of the international banking community. He cheated developing countries by lending them insane amounts of money (which went into the pockets of a few crooks) and then have the IMF/World Bank take over their economies.

I'm going to read the book before passing judgement on him. Thanks argod.

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