"If an EHM is completely successful, the loans are so large that the debtor is forced to default on its payments after a few years. When this happens, then like the Mafia we demand our pound of flesh. This often includes one or more of the following: control over United Nations votes, the installation of military bases..., or access to precious resources such as oil or the Panama Canal. Of course, the debtor still owes us the money—and another country is added to our global empire."
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, by John Perkins--the shocking story of how America buit a Feared
In the bestselling book Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins tells his own shocking real-life story about his life as an economic hit man. Covertly recruited by the National Security Agency and on the payroll of an international consulting firm, Perkins' job was to convince countries that....
‘What John's book says is, there was a conspiracy to put all these countries on the hook, and that happened. Whether or not it was some sinister plot or not is up to interpretation, but many of these countries are still over the barrel and ...have never been able to repay the loans.’” --Tucson Citizen
‘What John's book says is, there was a conspiracy to put all these countries on the hook, and that happened. Whether or not it was some sinister plot or not is up to interpretation, but many of these countries are still over the barrel and ...have never been able to repay the loans.’” --Tucson Citizen
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