The readers' room: Confessions of an Economic Hitman

John Perkins stayed on the bestsellers list with his book for quite a few weeks with his book 'confessions of an economic hitman'. He even appeared on the conspiracy theory kind of documentary 'zeitgeist - addendum'. The book focuses on the interesting capitalist idea of providing loans to the emerging and third world countries and making them so debt ladden that they keep repaying forever. It is kind of a feudel system however, at a global scale. John Perkins writes it like a thriller however, the writeup at times is less sharp. Though, the message is very clear and seems very real when the present credit crisis is hitting us.

Overall rating: 4 out of 5
Title: Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: The Shocking Story of How America Really Took Over the World
Author: John Perkins
Publisher: Ebury Press
ISBN: 978-0393062366

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P.S.> In almost every book cover of this book, the background image is of India however, there is not even any reference to it in the book.