The book provides Perkins' account of his career with engineering consulting firm Chas. T. Main in Boston. Perkins claims that the NSA arranged for him to be hired by the firm, and that he was subsequently seduced and trained as an "economic hitman" by a businesswoman named Claudine Martin, who worked for Chas. T. Main. Perkins writes that his primary role at Chas T. Main was to convince leader…
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man is the story of one man's experiences inside the intrigue, greed, corruption, and little-known government and corporate activities that America has been involved in since World War II, and which have dire consequences for the future of democracy and the world.
Buku ini menguraikan pemahaman keadaan perkembangan demokrasi di negara-negara Asia. Penjelasan-penjelasan di dalam buku ini bukan hanya berdasarkan hasil penelitian-penelitian ilmiah dan penilaian-penilaian dari lembaga-lembaga politik seperti" freedom house"' tetapi juga berdasar pada pengalaman pribadi penulis ketika bekerja selama bertahun-tahun di bagian urusan politik Friendrich-Ebert-Sti…
America has a problem and the world has a problem. America's problem is that it has lost its way in recent years-partly because of 9/11 and partly because of the bad habits that we have let build up over the last three decades, bad habits that have weakened our society's ability and willingness to take on big challenges. The world also has a problem: It is getting hot, flat, and crowded. Tha…
The Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi explained the four plus one priorities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for 2022. One of those priorities is Economic Diplomacy. As a country with the largest Muslim population globally, Indonesia has great potential in the development of Islamic banking and finance, and it can help Indonesia strengthen its Economic Di…