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John Perkins (b. 1945-) is an economist, activist, and author. His best known and most recent book is Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, a "whistle-blower's" account of relations between the institutions that allegedly promote neocolonialism, and the affected Third World governments. It was on the New York Times bestseller list for seven weeks.
Perkins attended Woodbury College during the 1960s, and spent the 1970s working as an economic planner for an international consulting firm, a job that took him to countries like Indonesia and Panama, helping wealthy corporations exploit developing nations as, he claims, a not entirely unwitting front for the National Security Agency. He says he was trained early in his career by a glamorous older woman as one of many "economic hit men" advancing the cause of corporate hegemony.
As a former chief economist at Boston strategic-consulting firm Chas. T. Main, Perkins says that he: "was an "economic hit man" for 10 years, helping U.S. intelligence agencies and multinationals cajole and blackmail foreign leaders into serving U.S. foreign policy and awarding lucrative contracts to American business."
Books
Perkins has also written on indigenous cultures and shamanism. His books on these subjects include:
- Psychonavigation: Techniques for Travel Beyond Time, ISBN: 089281800X
- Shapeshifting: Shamanic Techniques for Global and Personal Transformation, ISBN: 0892816635
- The Heart of Racial Justice: How Soul Change Leads to Social Change.
Perkins is also the chairman of the board of the Dream Change, "a world wide grass roots movement of people from diverse cultures and backgrounds dedicated to shifting consciousness and promoting sustainable lifestyles for the individual and global community."
External links
- Perkins' web site
- Dream Change homepage
- Video: Perkins talks about his book and activism, C-SPAN-2, Book TV, January 15, 2006.
- Amy Goodman. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins on how the neoconservative movement uses globalization to interact economically, politically and militarily with countries of less standing. Democracy Now, November 9, 2004.
- How the U.S. Uses Globalization to Cheat Poor Countries Out of Trillions, Democracy Now, December 31, 2004.
- We Have Created the World’s First Truly Global Empire, Democracy Now, February 15, 2006
- Thomas Kiely. The Missing Link: John Perkins’s "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man", Newtopia Magazine, November 2004.
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