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AG78 Donating Member (840 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 10:25 AM
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man on BookTV at 1pm EST
http://www.booktv.org/PublicLives/index.asp?segID=5369&schedID=334

Description: John Perkins talks about some of the assignments he was given while working as an "economic hit man" for the U.S. government. Mr. Perkins says that since the 1950s the U.S. government has used a form of international loan-sharking to gain leverage over poor countries that it deems to be strategically important. He says that his role was to get countries to take on loans, via the World Bank and other institutions, in order to finance large engineering projects that are sold on false pretenses and ultimately end up bankrupting those countries. The talk was held at Books & Books in Coral Gables, Florida. Includes Q&A.
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scarletlib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 10:26 AM
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1. thanks for the heads up
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Skink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 10:54 AM
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2. Perfect. I have time for an 8 mile walk before the show.
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Hamlette Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 11:33 AM
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3. I just started reading the book, so far, it is MUST reading
I'm startting to believe the only answer is revolution. here. In the USA. The world is so entrenched in money I don't see any other way.

Scary, fascinating. You've always suspected that's what was happening but Perkins gives all the dirty details, facts, figures, horrors.

I'd strongly recommend you read it.
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scarletlib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-05 12:08 PM
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4. kicking again
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