A the secret world of economic hit men and the web of global corruption Hiatt, Steven 1948- text bibliography cau San Francisco Berkeley, CA Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. Publishers Group West [distributor] c2007 2007 1st ed. monographic eng

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ix, 310 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. 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. edited by Steven Hiatt ; introduction by John Perkins. Includes bibliographical references and index. International business enterprises Corrupt practices Political corruption Structural adjustment (Economic policy) Dependency Globalization Social aspects HD2755.5 .G184 2007 364.1/323 9781576753958 (hardcover) 1576753956 (hardcover) 2006034244 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip073/2006034244.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0712/2006034244-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip073/2006034244.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0712/2006034244-d.html DLC 061019 20230410115517.0 56108