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A game as old as empire : the secret world of economic hit men and the web of global corruption / edited by Steven Hiatt ; introduction by John Perkins.

Contributor(s): Series: BK currents bookPublication details: San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. ; Berkeley, CA : Publishers Group West [distributor], c2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: ix, 310 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781576753958 (cloth)
  • 1576753956 (cloth)
Other title:
  • Secret world of economic hit men and the web of global corruption
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.1323 GAM
Contents:
Introduction : new confessions and revelations from the world of economic hit men / John Perkins -- 1. Global empire : the Web of control / Steven Hiatt -- 2. Selling money - and dependency : setting the debt trap / S. C. Gwynne -- 3. Dirty money : inside the secret world of offshore banking / John Christensen -- 4. BCCI's double game : banking on America, banking on Jihad / Lucy Komisar -- 5. The human cost of cheap cell phones / Kathleen Kern -- 6. Mercenaries on the front lines in the new scramble for Africa / Andrew Rowell and James Marriott -- 7. Hijacking Iraq's oil reserves : economic hit men at work / Greg Muttitt -- 8. The World Bank and the $100 billion question / Steve Berkman -- 9. The Philippines, the World Bank, and the race to the bottom / Ellen Augustine -- 10. Exporting destruction / Bruce Rich -- 11. The mirage of debt relief / James S. Henry -- 12. Global uprising : the Web of resistance / Antonia Juhasz.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : new confessions and revelations from the world of economic hit men / John Perkins -- 1. Global empire : the Web of control / Steven Hiatt -- 2. Selling money - and dependency : setting the debt trap / S. C. Gwynne -- 3. Dirty money : inside the secret world of offshore banking / John Christensen -- 4. BCCI's double game : banking on America, banking on Jihad / Lucy Komisar -- 5. The human cost of cheap cell phones / Kathleen Kern -- 6. Mercenaries on the front lines in the new scramble for Africa / Andrew Rowell and James Marriott -- 7. Hijacking Iraq's oil reserves : economic hit men at work / Greg Muttitt -- 8. The World Bank and the $100 billion question / Steve Berkman -- 9. The Philippines, the World Bank, and the race to the bottom / Ellen Augustine -- 10. Exporting destruction / Bruce Rich -- 11. The mirage of debt relief / James S. Henry -- 12. Global uprising : the Web of resistance / Antonia Juhasz.