free pdf at r/TSBD...(check comments for info on free pdf of John Perkins' follow-up book + link to interview)

Wow. Ty

Pay for it dude, cmon'

There is a YouTube of the author reading it (I think he was the one narrating), basically an audio book. listening to it was really enjoyable.

Edit:https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&ei=y3dzVcjrMYTRsAWV3oDgDg&url=http://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dfk09oQUlgno&ved=0CBwQtwIwAA&usg=AFQjCNFTtvz4bIvQOIb6QBoNVYfxj8JlqQ&sig2=xteDup7e8AEjlnTv1a2p_Q

Yes I have it's great book if you want to articulate to liberal posh friends who insist not trusting your government is for conspirtards

Yes, I've read it. It took me a while, actually, because every time I'd read, I would end up rage quitting out of frustration and disgust.

Killing Hope was like that for me.

Well, thanks for alerting me to my next rage-read! :P I put that one on my wishlist.

It's a great book in one way though - you can pick a country/region, and just read those chapter(s). It's easy to drop and then pick up again that way.

I remember being struck by the ability to hold countries hostage by selling them technology and being the only ones with the ability to operate it. John Perkins deserves a lot of credit for taking risks to give us a glimpse behind the curtain.

With releasing that first book he definitely had a gut check moment that most of us will be lucky to not have to experience as well as all of us will suffer if others do go through it. I hope he's inspired a shit load of whistleblowers to counter government obscurity.

I haven't checked to see if the powers that be attempted to marginalize or intimidate him or what the fallout from Confessions of an Economic Hit-Man might have been.

In History of the Secret American Empire, he says that the company he worked for (branch of the NSA) offered him $500,000 (I believe it was) to not write the book.

In either the preface or prologue, I forget which, he states that he stopped writing the book five times due to bribes and/or threats.

Agreed OP, well worth a read.

After you finish you should move onto Capital in the 21st Century.

You will enjoy it thoroughly I'm sure. What did you read before confessions?

Great book, and great song by Anti-Flag as well.

One of the best books I've ever read. The second one is good too, but not as good as the first.

The follow up book "Hoodwinked" is just as good with more detail on certain aspects of the job.

Have it, started it a couple times, never been able to finish. I don't know why, but it infuriates and frustrates me more than any other book.

infuriates and frustrates me more than any other book.

This book by David Cay Johnston does the same for me. Fit and sputter inducing.

Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense

“If you’re concerned about congressional earmarks, stock options (especially backdated options), hedge fund tax breaks, abuse of eminent domain, subsidies to sports teams, K Street lobbyists, the state of our health-care system, to say nothing of the cavernous gap between rich and poor, you’ll read this fine book—as I did—with a growing sense of outrage. Free Lunch makes it clear that it’s high time for ‘We the People’ to stand up and be counted.” —John C. Bogle, founder and former chairman, The Vanguard Group

The content or the way he writes?

Oh, the content. His writing style is compelling.

Read it a while ago. Really liked it, particularly the insight into the creation of the Petrodollar.

It is a good book. It shows you how they did it, and is Perkin's best book. The others are not as good (a waste of time perhaps).

But it is somewhat anacdotal and does not show the whole picture (as if one book could).