Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.

PERKINS, John.

$400.00

Item Number: 124194

San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2004.

First edition of Perkins’ bestselling exposé. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by MBV Design.

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man provides Perkins' account of his career with engineering consulting firm Chas. T. Main of Boston where his position entailed convincing leaders of underdeveloped countries to accept substantial development loans for large construction and engineering projects which, in turn, provided political power and access to natural resources for American companies. Suggesting a system of corporatocracy and greed (rather than a unilateral conspiracy), Perkins claims the involvement of the National Security Agency (NSA), with whom he had interviewed for a job prior to joining Main. "A fascinating insider's view of how a private multinational company legally robs the poor of the third world, country after country (Josh Mailman).