In the bestselling book Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins tells his own shocking real-life story about his life as an economic hit man. Covertly recruited by the National Security Agency and on the payroll of an international consulting firm, Perkins' job was to convince countries that are strategically important to the U.S.�from Indonesia to Panama�to accept enormous loans for infrastructure development, and to make sure that the lucrative projects were contracted to U. S. corporations. Saddled with huge debts, these countries came under the control of the United States government, World Bank and other U.S.-dominated aid agencies that acted like loan sharks�dictating repayment terms and bullying foreign governments into submission.

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