Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Perkins, John

  • Berrett-Koehler Publishers. Inc.
  • Year of publishing: 2004
  • Place of publishing: San Francisco
  • ISBN: 1576753018
  • Language: English
  • Series: first

Autor knihy uvádí, že jeho ekonomické návrhy přispěly ke vzniku knih stylu Enron, které přesvědčily zahraniční vlády k tomu, aby přijaly mnohamiliardové úvěry od Světové banky či jiných institucí na výstavbu přehrad, letišť, elektrických sítí a ostatní infrastruktury, které si nemohly dovolit. Úvěry byly povoleny za předpokladu, že stavební smlouvy budou uzavřeny s americkými firmami. Často byly peníze jednoduše převedeny z bankovního účtu ve Washingtonu D.C. na účet v New Yorku nebo San Franciscu. Dohody byly dojednány i s úplatky pro zahraniční úředníky, ale úvěry samotné byly spláceny vesměs daňovými poplatníky. Pokud by tak vlády neučinily, Spojené státy nebo jejich zástupci ve Světové bance či Mezinárodním měnovém fondu by zasáhly a uvalily poručenský systém, v rámci něhož by bylo nařizováno vše od rozpočtových výdajů až po bezpečnostní dohody a hlasování v OSN. Perkins tvrdí, že to byl chytrý způsob, jak Spojené státy americké rozšířily své impérium na úkor občanů třetího světa.

Perkins writes that his economic projections cooked the books Enron-style to convince foreign governments to accept billions of dollars of loans from the World Bank and other institutions to build dams, airports, electric grids, and other infrastructure he knew they couldn't afford. The loans were given on condition that construction and engineering contracts went to U.S. companies. Often, the money would simply be transferred from one bank account in Washington, D.C., to another one in New York or San Francisco. The deals were smoothed over with bribes for foreign officials, but it was the taxpayers in the foreign countries who had to pay back the loans. When their governments couldn't do so, as was often the case, the U.S. or its henchmen at the World Bank or International Monetary Fund would step in and essentially place the country in trusteeship, dictating everything from its spending budget to security agreements and even its United Nations votes. It was, Perkins writes, a clever way for the U.S. to expand its "empire" at the expense of Third World citizens. While at times he seems a little overly focused on conspiracies, perhaps that's not surprising considering the life he's led. --Alex Roslin

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