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  1. John Perkins (born January 28, 1945) is an American author. His best known book is Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (2004), in which Perkins describes playing a role in a process of economic colonization of Third World countries on behalf of what he portrays as a cabal of corporations, banks, and the United States government.

  2. May 14, 2018 · Perkins’ story moves from confusion to clarity, and ultimately ends in resolve and redemption. Having grown up in poverty, Perkins found hope in the promises of God, and he took them to heart.

  3. According to Perkins, the leaders of Ecuador (President Jaime Roldós Aguilera) and Panama (General Omar Torrijos) were assassinated by U.S. agents for opposing the interests of the owners of their countries' foreign debt. Both men died in air-plane crashes in 1981. According to Ferguson, Perkins's allegations "seems a little odd."

    • John Perkins
    • 2004
  4. Mar 18, 2016 · If economic pressure and threats didn’t work, Perkins says, the jackals were called to either overthrow or assassinate the noncompliant heads of state. That is, indeed, what happened to Allende, with the backing of the CIA.

  5. Feb 9, 2016 · Former economic hit man John Perkins shares new details about the ways he and others cheated countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. Then he reveals how the deadly EHM cancer he helped create has spread far more widely and deeply than ever in the US and everywhere else—to become the dominant system of business, government, and ...

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  6. It has created what Perkins calls a Death Economy. But Perkins offers hope: he concludes with dozens of specific, concrete suggestions for actions all of us can take to wrest control of our...

  7. Jan 11, 2023 · He discusses the EHM strategy as having four main tactics: fear, debt, anxiety (over perceived/manufactured scarcity/insufficiency of capital and other resources), and a divide and conquer approach to securing access to resources, markets, and policy makers.