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Building The World's Largest Empire

You want to know how the world's largest empire, that of the United States of America, was built? Read the bestselling books 'Confessions of an Economic Hit Man' and the recent 'The Secret History of the...

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With little to no major media coverage, Confessions sold 150,000 copies within months and appeared on over 20 bestseller lists, including those of the New York Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and USA Today.65

Confessions of an Economic Hitman

"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 hitman for 10 years after being recruited by the powerful NSA...

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Interview with John Perkins author of 'Confessions of an Economic Hit Man'

DANIEL MCLEOD: You place economic hit men in a long line of imperial agents including Roman centurions, Spanish conquistadors, and 18th and 19th century colonial powers. All of these approaches relied on...

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Omar Torrijos

Omar Torrijos (February 13, 1929 - July 31, 1981) was the de facto leader of Panama from 1968 to 1981. Torrijos never held elected office in Panama, and was never president. He did hold the title of...

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Saddam Hussein was a CIA Agent Assassin - Confessions of an Economic Hitman

It is known in offical history that only one year after Abdul Qassim, former leader of Irak, overthrowed the British-installed Monarchy, a young officer Saddam Hussein tried to attempt to his life but failed....

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My take on the Reverend Wright issue

We all make mistakes and President Obama is no different. Honestly during the time when Reverend Wright issue had been escalated, I did not know that the Reverend had two PH.D and was a militant of the United...

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John Perkins

John Perkins is the author of the New York Times bestseller, "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man". His last book is "The Secret History of the American Empire".

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John Perkins - Confessions of an economic hit man - on Google Video

John Perkins is the author of Confessions of an economic hit man.

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[Video] Confessions of an economic hit man - on South America

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. ...

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