I recently finished John Perkin’s book, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. The book covers his work as economic planner for an international consulting firm where he helped wealthy corporations exploit developing nations as an “economic hit man” to advance the cause of corporate hegemony in which the divisions between the corporate world and the state are almost non-existent. The book is classified as fiction but is assumed to be his real life experiences.

Though there are many valuable lessons to be gleaned from the book, Perkin’s writes as if he is the victim of the consulting firm he works for, that they turned him into their pawn, and that they manipulated him into doing their bidding with promises of money and status. It’s very dramatic and definitely a good read for anyone interested the relationship between multinational corporations and the U.S. government, but it’s hard to sympathies with Perkin’s who knowingly aided in creating greater divisions between the rich and poor in developing countries time and time again.

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