A Game as Old as Empire - The Secret World of Economic Hit Men and the Web of Global Corruption

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Steven Hiatt Klappentext A Game As Old As Empire exposes many more shocking secrets of a worldwide web of control, corruption,and plunder. It tells how multinational corporations, governments, powerful individuals, banks, other financialinstitutions, and quasi-governmental agencies operate to enrich small elite and corporate coffers while oftenimpoverishing masses of people and creating debt and dependency that economically enslave countries forgenerations. This new book provides the first full inside look at how this dark and dirty world functions. Itshows that the economic hit man game and the web of global corruption are far more widespread, pervasive,and destructive than Perkins described in Confessions. And it reveals the deep and dark connections betweenthis economic hit man game and the domination of global empire.Each chapter focuses on a particular case, detailing the methods used to deceive, steal, corrupt, and enforcecompliance. These methods range from the clearly sinister (such as bribery, fraud, looting, money laundering,threats, and even the use of "jackals" and other means of violence) to the seemingly altruistic (such as manytypes of debt relief, development assistance, and foreign aid) that in fact are highly exploitative and onerous. Zusammenfassung John Perkins’ controversial and bestselling exposé! Confessions of an Economic Hit Man! revealed for the first time the secret world of economic hit men (EHMs). But Perkins’ Confessions contained only a small piece of this sinister puzzle. The full story is far bigger! deeper! and darker than Perkins’ personal account revealed. Here other EHMs! journalists! and investigators join Perkins to tell their own stories! providing the first probing and expansive look into this pervasive web of systematic corruption. With chapters spotlighting how specific countries around the globe have been subverted! A Game As Old As Empire uncovers the inner workings of the institutions behind these economic manipulations. The contributors detail concrete examples of how the “economic hit man game” is still being played: an officer of an offshore bank hiding hundreds of millions of dollars in stolen money! IMF advisers slashing Ghana’s education and health programs! a mercenary defending a European oil company in Nigeria! a consultant rewriting Iraqi oil law! and executives financing warlords to secure supplies of coltan ore in Congo. Together they show how this system of corruption and plunder operates in real life! and reveal the price that the rest of the world must pay as a result. Most important! A Game As Old As Empire connects the dots! showing how the various pieces of this system come together to create the world’s first truly global empire. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: New Confessions and Revelations from the World of Economic Hit Men 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 About the Authors Acknowledgments Appendix: Resources of Hope Index...

List of contents

Introduction: New Confessions and Revelations from the World of Economic Hit Men
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
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Resources of Hope
Index

Product details

• Authors: Steven Hiatt, John Perkins
• Assisted by: Ellen Augustine (Editor), Steven Berkman (Editor), John Christensen (Editor), Steven Hiatt (Editor)
• Publisher: Berrett Koehler Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.03.2007
• EAN: 9781576753958
• ISBN: 978-1-57675-395-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 242 mm x 26 mm
• Series: BK Currents; Bk Currents
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy