Confession of an EHM
Matthew Barreto
Dr. Maher
Bus 410
Book Reflection Paper
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
The fascinating tell-all book, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, written by John Perkins told a great story about all the things people have been blind to corruption and the scheming done by the United States over the years. Perkins goes into great detail of how he progressed through life being an “Economic Hit Man” (EHM) and his experiences at an international consulting firm he worked for best known as MAIN. This book open up my eyes to a great amount of evil within the world that included fraudulent financial reports, sex, money laundering, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, and even murder. One of the many things that I liked about this book was that it told the truth that not many people know about. The fact that there are people engaging in building a global empire by loaning countries millions of dollars that they eventually will never be able to pay back, thus being in debt to the United States, makes you think there is a silent war that nobody knows about. To me, this just showed how greedy humans could be because we basically have control of a country, of its natural resources and people. Perkins traveled to Indonesia, Panama, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, where he gave faulty economic forecasts so that he could carry out this “master plan” as an EHM. I liked how in every place he traveled to he had a close relationship with at least one person. For instance, Rasy in Indonesia, Fidel in Panama, and Yamin in Iran. I noticed the writer was fine in the beginning of the book as he was telling his story as to how he arrive at his position as Chief economist, but later it started haunting him and I could see as the book progressed he was depressed and I felt it. My favorite quote from the book that really touched me, especially for being an international business major was when Perkins stated, “I have found that people warm up to you very quickly if you
Dr. Maher
Bus 410
Book Reflection Paper
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
The fascinating tell-all book, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, written by John Perkins told a great story about all the things people have been blind to corruption and the scheming done by the United States over the years. Perkins goes into great detail of how he progressed through life being an “Economic Hit Man” (EHM) and his experiences at an international consulting firm he worked for best known as MAIN. This book open up my eyes to a great amount of evil within the world that included fraudulent financial reports, sex, money laundering, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, and even murder. One of the many things that I liked about this book was that it told the truth that not many people know about. The fact that there are people engaging in building a global empire by loaning countries millions of dollars that they eventually will never be able to pay back, thus being in debt to the United States, makes you think there is a silent war that nobody knows about. To me, this just showed how greedy humans could be because we basically have control of a country, of its natural resources and people. Perkins traveled to Indonesia, Panama, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, where he gave faulty economic forecasts so that he could carry out this “master plan” as an EHM. I liked how in every place he traveled to he had a close relationship with at least one person. For instance, Rasy in Indonesia, Fidel in Panama, and Yamin in Iran. I noticed the writer was fine in the beginning of the book as he was telling his story as to how he arrive at his position as Chief economist, but later it started haunting him and I could see as the book progressed he was depressed and I felt it. My favorite quote from the book that really touched me, especially for being an international business major was when Perkins stated, “I have found that people warm up to you very quickly if you