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John Perkins is an activist and author. 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 multinational corporations cajole and blackmail foreign leaders into serving U.S. foreign policy and awarding lucrative contracts to American business.

However, after several years struggling internally over the role he was playing in crippling foreign economies, he quit his consulting job. In the 1980s Perkins founded and directed a successful independent energy company, which he subsequently sold. Since then he has been heavily involved with non-profit organizations in Ecuador and around the world. He continues this work tod ...more

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An economic hit man’s fantastical imagining of a conversation between his humble house cat and one of President Putin’s “saved” leopards as they discussed the Jan. 6 Washington insurrection.

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“We were crawling around the floor of the Kremlin lapping up the world’s best caviar. It was everywhere. Also, lots of spilled vodka and Champagne. I don’t like those. Bu

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	Confessions of an Economic Hit Man 3.87 avg rating — 37,623 ratings — published 2004 — 108 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man 3.93 avg rating — 7,490 ratings — published 2016 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals & the Truth about Global Corruption 3.87 avg rating — 2,562 ratings — published 2007 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hoodwinked: An Economic Hit Man Reveals Why the World Financial Markets Imploded & What We Need to Do to Save Them 3.84 avg rating — 927 ratings — published 2009 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shapeshifting: Shamanic Techniques for Global and Personal Transformation 4.07 avg rating — 287 ratings — published 1997 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World Is As You Dream It: Teachings from the Amazon and Andes 4.27 avg rating — 247 ratings — published 1994 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Touching the Jaguar: Transforming Fear into Action to Change Your Life and the World 3.99 avg rating — 125 ratings — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Psychonavigation: Techniques for Travel Beyond Time 4.05 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 1990 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spirit of the Shuar: Wisdom from the Last Unconquered People of the Amazon by John Perkins (Goodreads Author), Shakaim Mariano Shakai Ijisam Chumpi 4.23 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stress-free Habit: Powerful Techniques for Health & Longevity from the Andes, Yucatan & the Far East 3.88 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1989 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The United States spends over $87 billion conducting a war in Iraq while the United Nations estimates that for less than half that amount we could provide clean water, adequate diets, sanitations services and basic education to every person on the planet. And we wonder why terrorists attack us.”
― John Perkins, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

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“The choices we make within the boundaries of the twists of fate determines who we are”
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“I've never met anyone who wanted to be a terrorist. They are desperate people.”
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