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A Game as Old as Empire: The Secret World of Economic Hit Men and the Web of Global Corruption
From: Berrett-Koehler Publishers Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers Average Rating: Binding: Hardcover Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 310 Publication Date: February 28, 2007 Studio: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
John Perkins's sensational New York Times bestseller Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (more than 300,000 sold) revealed just the tip of the iceberg of the secret world of economic hit men and the web of global corruption. Now more economic hit men and investigators tell the whole shocking story.
The Economic Empire ^ This book is a compilation from various authors and is a companion volume to A Game as Old as Empire: The Secret World of Economic Hit Men and the Web of Global Corruption.
The selection of topics centers around finances and global corporate power.
Some of the tools for corporate tax evasion are listed. "Transfer pricing" and "round-trips" are two of the more prominent vehicles. Profit laundering through tax havens is another.
Chapter 4 "BCCI's Double Game" by Lucy Komisar alone makes this book a "must read". The names associated with that bank make for strange bedfellows to say the least!
Another current topic is the real motivation for invading Iraq. It has nothing to do with WMD's and it's a case of history repeating itself.
After reading about the exploitations related to institutions like the IMF, World Bank and other international entities, the reader is treated to some promising developments in the final chapter. Individual community ordinances to regulate corporations on a local level and a call for corporate charters are two examples.
This is an excellent book for any reader interested in the financial and economic aspects of the American Empire.
Bleak but important material ^ Nutshell review - 12 primary chapters written by different authors detail the extent and awful effects of corruption, personal and corporate greed, political ambition and just plain incompetence that keep billions of people in abject poverty and desperation. Here you will find how first world economic policy, often misguided or made in ignorance or motivated by greed, have failed those who needed help the most.
Each chapter is very well written with an extensive notes section containing sources, references and additional information for further research. The book is an eye-opener and each of us should read it to gain some insight, some perspective into this problem whose reach and consequence will certainly, eventually, affect us all for the worse.
Absolute Truth ^ I have read many books in my time and, every once in a while, a book comes along that really shines light on things. This is one of those books. The shocking evidence that comes from this book would make any stomach turn. This is a must read for anyone interested in power structures. For political junkies, it may be very interesting to read about the different power structures offered by political ideology (e.g. Marxism, liberalism, conservatism, etc). These different ideologies taught to us in higher education tell us about how power structures should be. But what this book offers is more. It explains how power structures are, not how they should be...
Shocking ^ After reading this I can see why we are in such economic trouble. This will shine a light on the failure of our leaders and how the 700billion bailout will only keep everything "Business as usual" God help us all!
This should be required reading... ^ But--do not read this book if your mind is not open to hearing the truth about how things really are. If you are at all curious about how the world works, then this book will certainly begin to answer the questions you have. You should read this in tandem with John Perkins' "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man".
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