“The income ratio of the one-fifth of the world's population in the wealthiest countries to the one-fifth in the poorest went from 30 to 1 in 1960 to 74 to 1 in 1995.3 The United States spends over $87 billion… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
I was initially recruited while I was in business school back in the late sixties by the National Security Agency, the nation's largest and… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
I've never met anyone who wanted to be a terrorist. They are desperate people. — John Perkins Copy Share Image
But when 9/11 struck, I had a change of heart. I knew the story had to be told because what happened at 9/11 is… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
Basically, what Economic Hit Men are trained to do is to build up the American empire. To create situations where as many resources as… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
The Treasury Department would use the interest from these securities to hire U.S. companies to build Saudi Arabia - new cities, new infrastructure -… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
When the National Security Agency recruited me, they put me through a day of lie detector tests. They found out all my weaknesses and… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
“How, I asked myself, do you convince men and women who live comfortably to change a system that provides their comforts--even when they know… — john perkins Copy Share Image
“The first question we must address deals with optimism, the possibility of achieving our goal. Are we in a position where we can actually… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
And in Iraq we tried to implement the same policy that was so successful in Saudi Arabia, but Saddam Hussein didn't buy. When the… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
I felt guilty throughout the whole time, but I was seduced. The power of these drugs, sex, power, and money, was extremely strong for… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
None of the quick fixes to the world's problems are going to work, unless we change the dream of greed and scarcity that the… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
“Stop being so greedy," she said, "and so selfish. Realize that there is more to the world than your big houses and fancy stores.… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
