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61Harry Dexter White: the man behind Bretton Woods, the World Bank and the IMF was a Soviet Spy
by thecounterpunch
Harry Dexter White (1892 – 1948) was an American economist and senior U.S. Treasury department official. He was a primary mover behind the Bretton Woods Conference, the formations of the World Bank and... published 15 months ago
51David Rockefeller proud to be an Internationalist and "Conspirator in Chief" of the Global Empire
by thecounterpunch
"there remains a residuum of original and intelligent people in banking or associated with banking or mentally interested in banking, who do realize that banking plays a very important and interesting part in... published 10 months ago
54Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
by thecounterpunch
"Confessions of an economic hitman" is not the usual book on economics or finance: it is written by John Perkins who has been an economic hit man for 10 years after being recruted by the powerful NSA (National... published 15 months ago
59Paul Wolfowitz President of the World Bank
by thecounterpunch
Paul Wolfowitz is currently the President of the World Bank. Today a prominent member of the neo-conservatives in Washington, he was a former aide to Democratic Senator Henry M. Jackson in the 1970s. He was... published 15 months ago
62[New Book] A Game as Old as Empire: The Secret World of Economic Hit Men and the Web of Global Corruption (free chapter)
by thecounterpunch
Editor Hiatt follows up John Perkins's surprise bestseller, CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN. With an introduction by Perkins and contributions from numerous others, the book explains how the International... published 11 months ago
63Maurice Allais, the Economics Nobel Prize for the Theory of so-called Free Market is against Globalization
by thecounterpunch
zoom Maurice Allais is the French Economics Nobel Price Laureate who received this prestigious award in 1988 for his major pioneering work on the Theory of "Free" Market. This Theory of "Free" Market known... published 14 months ago
71The Green Revolution: mainly instigated by the Rockefeller Foundation, the World Bank and IMF
by thecounterpunch
The term “Green Revolution” was first used in 1968 by former USAID director William Gaud, who noted the spread of the new technologies and said, "These and other developments in the field of... published 15 months ago
55[Video] Confessions of an economic hit man - on South America
by thecounterpunch
What happens when every one of these Presidents in South America wants to keep his campaign promises ... after he will be visited by an Economic Hit Man as John Perkins used to do when he was one of them. ... published 15 months ago
55The Bretton Woods Monetary Conference in 1944
by thecounterpunch
The first United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, held in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, from July 1 to July 22, 1944, established the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) (now... published 15 months ago
63Did the $4.8 billion loan from the IMF to Russia finance the Chelsea football club and the Runicom trading group
by thecounterpunch
From the Times: For the first time, the Swiss have revealed why they were forced to abandon their investigation: Russia and the United States, it has emerged, refused to divulge what they knew about the... published 15 months ago
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