6/22 - "Confessions of an Economic Hitman"

Good morning, hope you had a good weekend. I started a fantastic book on Saturday titled "Confessions of an Economic Hitman" by John Perkins. This is about a guy who writes his memoirs about going to foreign countries convincing them to take loans they knew they could not payback; the countries would then default on them and the individual countries would be indebted to the US by having to build military bases, airports, infrastructure, etc. Normally, I am not such a fan of propaganda, however, this book is certainly anything but that. The author gives vivid accounts of meetings with world leaders, people who supposedly 'did not exist' a la Sean Connery in 'The Rock'. This was a recommendation from a friend who posted to the blog (the first I believe).