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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): Material type: TextTextSeries: A 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 (hardcover)
  • 1576753956 (hardcover)
Other title:
  • Secret world of economic hit men and the web of global corruption
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.1/323 22
LOC classification:
  • HD2755.5 .G184 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: new confessions and revelations from the world of economic hit men / John Perkins -- Global empire: the web of control / Steven Hiatt -- Selling money-- and dependency: setting the debt trap / S.C. Gwynne -- Dirty money: inside the secret world of offshore banking / John Christensen -- BCCI's double game: banking on America, banking on jihad / Lucy Komisar -- The human cost of cheap cell phones / Kathleen Kern -- Mercenaries on the front lines in the new scramble for Africa / Andrew Rowell and James Marriott -- Hijacking Iraq's oil reserves: economic hit men at work / Greg Muttitt -- The World Bank and the $100 billion question / Steve Berkman -- The Philippines, the World Bank, and the race to the bottom / Ellen Augustine -- Exporting destruction / Bruce Rich -- The mirage of debt relief / James S. Henry -- Global uprising: the web of resistance / Antonia Juhasz.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HD2755.5 .G184 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 1 Available 00000057890

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

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