Economic Hit Man

John Perkins wrote a controversial book (Confessions of an Economic Hit Man) reveling what he find out while he travel to South America and Asia working for the National Security Agency of the United States.
But what is an "Economic Hitman"? Perkins defines economic hit men as "Highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars."

John Perkins speaks the truth about what he saw that happened in "third world countries" like Panama and Ecuador.  While he was implementing polices and convincing other countries to accept large amounts of money from the United States he realized morally and ethically, he felt it was wrong to create powerful countries at the expense of the less advantaged around the world.
Perkins speaks about his experience in Panama of how the United States helped Panama gain their independence but somehow the U.S got in control of Panama. He also talks about how Arnulfo Arias, a dictator was overthrew and Omar Torrijos emerged as a leader of state. Perkins admired Torrijoscommitment with Panama and compassion with the people. Perkins lived in Panama and he was shocked about the deaths of Presidents of Panama and Ecuador, people who gave hope, defended the poor and would have accomplish a lot more for their countries.

 

    John Perkins, author. 

 

"Confessions of an Economic Hit Man." Confessionsof an Economic Hit Man, by John Perkins--theShocking Real-life Story of How America Built anEmpire on Third World Debt. Berrett-KoehlerPublishers, n.d. Web. 24 Mar. 2014.