02 December 2010 ~ 2 Comments

Confessions of an economic hit man

Class War Corporate Statism Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Fuck the Poor

I read John Perkins’ book when it first came out, and for some reason, I never finished it. So this week I picked it up again and boy, is it depressing.

“Hit Man” was attacked by many people as a far-fetched conspiracy theory. Those people must not do much reading. Which part bothers them: That corporations purposely saddle countries with unaffordable debt so they can dictate corporate-friendly policies, or that they never heard of such things, so it must not be true?

2 Responses to “Confessions of an economic hit man”

  1. Ten Bears 2 December 2010 at 1:04 pm Permalink

    Hit Man is best read in conjunction with Shock Doctrine.

  2. jawbone 2 December 2010 at 1:32 pm Permalink

    It’s corporations working hand in glove with governments which do this. IIRC, aren’t the Econ Hit Men really employed by straw corporations which represent US government objectives?