“When I read Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, I could not have known that, some years later, I would be on the receiving end of the type of ‘economic hit’ that Perkins so vividly narrated . . .,” Yanis Varoufakis said.

“Ten years ago Confessions of an Economic Hit Man exposed the real story. The New Confessions tells the rest of that story – the terrible things that have happened since, and what we all can do to turn a death economy into a life economy,” Yoko Ono said.

These are just a couple of the reviews of John Perkins new book. In this exclusive interview with Economic Divide, Perkins reveals how things have gone worse, from inequality, to the US’s military adventures, in which war is the answer.

This is while banks are reaping the rewards and taking more control over the governments through tactics introduced from Economic Hit Men. The importance of facing the crises old economic models and acting positively to develop new approaches is not in the interest of corporations and the banks.

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