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Posted at 3:46 pm on Monday, January 26, 2009, in Reading, and tagged communism, economics.
Enough with the pro-Communist mumbo-jumbo.* On to more exciting and relevant issues, John Perkins bestselling Confessions of an Economic Hit Man…
Image: Amazon
(I’m pretty sure that is Harvey Keitel from Reservoir Dogs on the cover.)
I am a fan of political intrigue. I find it intriguing, and political. I am not entirely sure what this book is about, but I am excited about starting this new — pun alert — chapter in my life.
* I had three major tasks for my trip to Maui — update my Flickr regularly, create one HD home movie, and finish the damn Steinbeck book (which never took place in Salinas) — and I succeeded.
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February 10th, 2009 at 11:28 am
excellent post…
February 16th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
[...] Confessions of an Economic Hit Man confirms what you don’t want to believe about the United States: That our foreign policy is a mask for an all-out corporate push for a global empire. Confessions should probably become required reading at the high school level at some point, if only as part of the AP syllabus. [...]
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:42 pm
[...] Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins [...]