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Hoodwinked: An Economic Hit Man Reveals Why the World Financial Markets Imploded - and What We Need to Do to Remake Them

John Perkins

About the Program

"Confessions of an Economic Hitman" author John Perkins argues that our current economic problems are the outgrowth of a form of predatory capitalism that benefits a relatively small number of people around the world.  This is the topic of his latest book, "Hoodwinked."  Mr. Perkins spoke at the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco.        

About the Authors

John Perkins

John Perkins, founder and former CEO of Independent Power Systems, is the author of several books, including "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" and "The Secret History of the American Empire – Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth."  For more information, visit: johnperkins.org.    


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Hoodwinked: An Economic Hit Man Reveals Why the World Financial Markets Imploded - and What We Need to Do to Remake Them

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