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100 1  $a Perkins, John, $d 1945-
245 14 $a The new confessions of an economic hit man / $c John Perkins.
250    $a Updated and expanded.
264  1 $a Oakland, CA : $b Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., $c [2016]
300    $a xiv, 366 pages ; $c 22 cm.
504    $a Includes bibliographical references (page 343-353) and index.
505 0  $a Introduction: The new confessions -- Part I. 1963-1971 -- Dirty business -- An economic hit man is born -- "In for life" -- Indonesia : lessons for an EHM -- Saving a country from communism -- Selling my soul -- Part II. 1971-1975 -- My role as inquisitor -- Civilization on trial -- Opportunity of a lifetime -- Panama's president and hero -- Pirates in the Canal Zone -- Soldiers and prostitutes -- Conversations with the general -- Entering a new and sinister period in economic history -- The Saudi Arabian money-laundering affair -- Pimping, and financing Osama bin Laden -- Part III. 1975-1981 -- Panama Canal negotiations and Graham Greene -- Iran's king of kings -- Confessions of a tortured man -- The fall of a king -- Colombia : keystone of Latin America -- American republic versus global empire -- The deceptive résumé -- Ecuador's president battles big oil -- I quit -- Part IV. 1981-2004 -- Ecuador's presidential death -- Panama : another presidential death -- My energy company, Enron, and George W. Bush -- I take a bribe -- The United States invades Panama -- An EHM failure in Iraq -- September 11 and its aftermath for me, personally -- Venezuela : saved by Saddam -- Part V. 2004-today -- Conspiracy : was I poisoned? -- A jackal speaks : the Seychelles conspiracy -- Ecuador rebels -- Honduras : the CIA strikes -- Your friendly banker as EHM -- Vietnam : lessons in a prison -- Istanbul : tools of modern empire -- A coup against Fundacion Pachamama -- Another EHM banking scandal -- Who are today's economic hit men? -- Who are today's jackals? -- Lessons for China -- What you can do -- Things to do -- Documentation of EHM activity from 2004 to 2015 -- John Perkins personal history.
520 2  $a "Featuring 12 explosive new chapters, this new edition of the New York Times bestseller brings the story of Economic Hit Men up-to-date and, chillingly, home to the U. S.--but it also gives us hope and the tools to fight back"--Provided by publisher.
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610 10 $a United States. $b National Security Agency $v Biography.
650  0 $a Intelligence officers $v Biography.
650  0 $a Economists $v Biography.
650  0 $a Energy consultants $v Biography.
610 20 $a Chas. T. Main, Inc.
610 20 $a World Bank $z Developing countries.
650  0 $a Corporations, American $z Foreign countries.
650  0 $a Corporations, American $x Corrupt practices.
650  0 $a Globalization $x Economic aspects.
650  0 $a Imperialism $x History $y 20th century.
650  0 $a Imperialism $x History $y 21st century.
730 0  $a Confessions of an economic hit man.
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