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Film, Video Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

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Title

  • Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

Summary

  • Author John Perkins discussed his book "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" in a program sponsored by the Science, Technology and Business Division. In his book, Perkins describes his experiences as an economist of an international consulting firm whose job was to persuade strategically important developing countries, such as Panama and Indonesia, to accept enormous loans for infrastructure development and then to ensure that the lucrative projects were contracted out to U.S. corporations. According to Perkins, when it became impossible to repay these huge debts, the United States government, the World Bank or U.S.-influenced aid agencies would step in and place the countries in a trusteeship of sorts, dictating their spending budgets and other policies. Although Perkins has drawn enthusiastic audiences on the lecture circuit, and his book has met with commercial success, he has drawn critics, among them the U.S. Department of State, which has taken issue with some of his assertions.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Science, Technology, and Business Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2006-04-10.

Headings

  • -  Government, Law
  • -  Government, World Affairs

Notes

  • -  Classification: Political Science.
  • -  John Perkins.
  • -  Recorded on 2006-04-10.
  • -  Researchers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021687765

Online Format

  • video
  • image

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Library Of Congress, and Technology Library Of Congress. Science. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -04-10, 2006. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687765/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Science, T. (2006) Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -04-10. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687765/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Technology Library Of Congress. Science. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -04-10, 2006. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021687765/>.