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John Perkins, Economic Hitman<\/p><\/div>\n

Confessions of an Economic Hitman<\/span><\/p>\n

“9-11 was the motivation [to write the book]. I’d put off writing this book for a long time. I was sworn to secrecy. I’d been bribed not to write it. I’d been threatened when I tried to write it earlier….”.<\/p>\n

Video Interview:\u00c2\u00a0John Perkins<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Confessions of an Economic Hitman “9-11 was the motivation [to write the book]. I’d put off writing this book for a long time. I was sworn to secrecy. I’d been bribed not to write it. I’d been threatened when I tried to write it earlier….”. 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