While I found some parts of John Perkins’ book Confessions of an Economic Hit Man slightly lurid and others pompous, my critique focuses on his admittedly vague suggestions for resolving current crises such as world hunger. This critique may apply to other techno-modern optimisms too.
But first a warning not to use my argument, or [...]
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Review, Part 2
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, Review part 1
I’m feeling wistful as we approach the tenth anniversary of the demonstrations against the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Seattle in late November 1999 — what many of us simply call “Seattle”. It was the beginning of an era of strong anti-globalization protests in the US, which most people have never heard about, often accompanied [...]