Book · 2023 · Business & Economics
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
#131 of 15,717 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts
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Confessions by an economic Hitman a great book by John Perkins and in the book he detailed exactly how the IMF the World Bank were working with U.S Intel agencies to extort coerce and manipulate developing countries for the benefit of an unaccountable ruling corporate banking Elite.
What they say about it
- Unsure of exact title“tales from an economic hitman”5
- Great book recommendation“great book definitely recommend you read it”4
- Details American imperialism and intervention“detailed the decades of U.S. actions”4

The best things said about it
Have you read the book confessions of an economic hitman it details moderate modern american imperialism through in issuance of loans written by john perkins amazing book.
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, great book, definitely recommend you read it. I read it in high school, it changed my vision of the world.
Just like we saw with economic Hitman uh with that amazing book that detailed the Decades of U.S actions uh against the developing world the confessions of an economic event.
And then when I looked it up I was like oh that's how when a country gives another country money as far as what I've read I read that book Confessions of an economic hitman and it was basically that's where I got that phrase their pound of flesh.
Bill Burr Monday Morning Podcast · Nov 2019 You know, you get the CIA involved and if you ever read like econ uh Confessions of an Economic hitman and you find out the [ __ ] that our government does to other countries, like they'd kill scientists, they'd kill anybody.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Jan 2013 We don't got that many tell all books right we got the confessions of an economic Hitman he just said the [ __ ] that we all know he didn't really say anything and also he's a scumbag for that don't like do it profit off of doing it and then write a book about how bad it is and.
Andrew Schulz Modern Wisdom · Dec 2022 Where and when it comes up
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How it comes up
16 people who brought it up
- Tim Pool9 mentions · 1 rec
- Ben Bowlin3 mentions · 1 rec
- Adam Curry2 mentions · 1 rec
- Jordan Harbinger2 mentions · 1 rec
Candace Owens1 mention · 1 rec- Matt Gaetz1 mention · 1 rec
- Michael Duncan1 mention · 1 rec
- Michael Lester1 mention · 1 rec
Andrew Schulz2 mentions- Ian Crossland2 mentions
Bill Burr1 mention- Hannah Claire Brimlow1 mention
Why people recommend it
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins is an exposé detailing how covert economic strategies, loans, and international financial institutions are used by powerful nations and corporate elites to manipulate and exploit developing countries. The book has been referenced frequently by commentators and podcast guests to explain modern political corruption and imperialist financial structures. On The Shawn Ryan Show, Michael Lester discussed the text to illustrate how authors like John Perkins describe convincing foreign nations to accept external financial assistance that ultimately creates crippling debt. Adam Curry brought up the book on The Joe Rogan Experience while speaking with the host about government control frameworks and USAID operations. Ben Bowlin recommended it on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know while analyzing the severe economic collapse in Venezuela as a prime context for understanding broader systemic pressures. A viewer named Liz suggested the read to Candace Owens on her podcast, prompting discussion on international intervention. Furthermore, figures like Matt Gaetz, Luke Rudkowski, and Michael Duncan highlighted the title on Timcast IRL, noting that the book extensively details how the IMF and World Bank collaborate with intelligence agencies to coerce developing nations for the benefit of an unaccountable corporate ruling class, drawing agreement from Tim Pool regarding its perspective on modern American imperialism.
Every mention
Tim Pool have you read the book confessions of an economic hitman it details moderate modern american imperialism th… 9
“That's Tails from an Economic Hitman.”
“Guys, you know, I know it's really difficult for people who've never read Tales from the Economic Hit Man to understand how the liberal economic order works...”
“you guys ever hear that story I think it's called confessions of an economic Hitman book right yeah”
“and we've talked about that book uh was a confessions of an economic Hitman where he talks about on the larger scale basically you go to Country you say you are now part of our machine and our Empire”
“just like we saw with economic Hitman uh with that amazing book that detailed the Decades of U.S actions uh against the developing world the confessions of an economic event”
“are you familiar with the tales from an economic hitman that book oh yeah so you've heard of this yeah”
“the economic the confessions of an economic hitman he wrote about that they come in and they offer money”
“was it tales of the economic Hitman or whatever that book was called yeah was that what it was called Ian uh economic Hitman yes like tail like it wasn't Tails but something like that it's like the store like stories or you know something like confessions was it was it confessions of an academic”
“have you read the book confessions of an economic hitman it details moderate modern american imperialism through in issuance of loans written by john perkins amazing book”
Ben Bowlin everybody read confessions of an economic Hitman first off but Venezuela is having an economic collapse 3
“We've read Confessions of an Economic Hitman, a fantastic book.”
“everybody read confessions of an economic Hitman first off but Venezuela is having an economic collapse”
“uh confessions of an economic Hitman uh it's uh I would describe it as a book”
Adam Curry you know John Perkins Yes have you ever had him on No I have not oh man cuz he wrote about this you know ec… 2
“you know John Perkins Yes have you ever had him on No I have not oh man cuz he wrote about this you know economic Hitman yeah confession of e economic Hitman w wow I mean basically us Aid”
“economic Hitman yeah confession of e economic Hitman w wow I mean basically us Aid that's what they do”
Jordan Harbinger confessions of an economic hitman the new confessions of an economic hitman we'll link it in the show notes 2
“because so many people recommended this book to me that when i read it i went this is probably crap and not true because i would have heard about it by now”
“confessions of an economic hitman the new confessions of an economic hitman we'll link it in the show notes”
Candace Owens Liz writes I love your show canis please read confessions of an economic Hitman 1
“Liz writes I love your show canis please read confessions of an economic Hitman”
Matt Gaetz this is detailed extensively in books like the the economic Hitman that I think are definitely worth readin… 1
“this is detailed extensively in books like the the economic Hitman that I think are definitely worth reading and checking out here”
Michael Duncan Confessions by an economic Hitman a great book by John Perkins and in the book he detailed exactly how the… 1
“Confessions by an economic Hitman a great book by John Perkins and in the book he detailed exactly how the IMF the World Bank were working with U.S Intel agencies to extort coerce and manipulate developing countries for the benefit of an unaccountable ruling corporate banking Elite”
Michael Lester There was a good book um confessions of an economic hitman where he talks about how his job this author I f… 1
“There was a good book um confessions of an economic hitman where he talks about how his job this author I forgot his name Peterson he would go in and convince countries you need to help have us come in and help you”
Andrew Schulz we got the confessions of an economic Hitman he just said the [__] that we all know he didn't really say an… 2
“We don't got that many tell all books right we got the confessions of an economic Hitman he just said the [ __ ] that we all know he didn't really say anything and also he's a scumbag for that don't like do it profit off of doing it and then write a book about how bad it is and”
“we got the confessions of an economic Hitman he just said the [__] that we all know he didn't really say anything”
Ian Crossland this is basically the confessions of the economic Hitman are you familiar with that book uh no actually I'm… 2
“this is basically the confessions of the economic Hitman are you familiar with that book uh no actually I'm not”
“do you guys know the tales of the economic hit Hitman or whatever... John Perkins is his name in the book's confessions of an economic hit man”
Bill Burr and then when I looked it up I was like oh that's how when a country gives another country money as far as… 1
“and then when I looked it up I was like oh that's how when a country gives another country money as far as what I've read I read that book Confessions of an economic hitman and it was basically that's where I got that phrase their pound of flesh”
Hannah Claire Brimlow John Perkins is the author of the book secrets of an economic Hitman and William Cooper was a radio host an… 1
“John Perkins is the author of the book secrets of an economic Hitman and William Cooper was a radio host and hero of the militia movement and of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVey”
Jack Murphy there's confessions of an economic hit man yeah i was going to mention that there's three steps 1
“there's confessions of an economic hit man yeah i was going to mention that there's three steps”
Jimmy Dore there's that book called um confessions of an economic Hitman so whenever you see a marine somewhere uh you… 1
“there's that book called um confessions of an economic Hitman so whenever you see a marine somewhere uh you would best believe we're there to at the behest of a capitalists or a corporation American corporation”
Joe Rogan You know, you get the CIA involved and if you ever read like econ uh Confessions of an Economic hitman and… 1
“You know, you get the CIA involved and if you ever read like econ uh Confessions of an Economic hitman and you find out the [ __ ] that our government does to other countries, like they'd kill scientists, they'd kill anybody.”
Kyle Kemper well I think think it's a pro it's a global proxy war for the corporatocracy to further transfer wealth fro… 1
“well I think think it's a pro it's a global proxy war for the corporatocracy to further transfer wealth from Sovereign individuals into the coffers of the global Corporation I think that's a good guess I mean it's like Henry Perkins like you know he wrote the confessions of an economic Hitman kind of shows like when we're giving $80”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker6
“you guys ever hear that story I think it's called confessions of an economic Hitman book right yeah yeah this guy it's a while ago he was saying that the US strategy was basically first they go to you and they say okay we're going to give you a bunch of money if you do what we want you to”
“Yeah, to be specific Venezuela due to the, everybody read Confessions of an Economic Hitman first off! But Venezuela is having an economic collapse!”
“are you familiar with John Perkins and confessions of an economic Hitman and uh 1 to 10 how accurate is it”
“I mean he talked about this in the 30s there's that there's that book called um confessions of an economic Hitman so whenever you see a marine somewhere uh you would best believe we're there to at the behest of a capitalists or a corporation American corporation”
“and if you study things like the economic hitman you see these efforts professions of an economic yeah confessions of an economic hit man great book definitely recommend you read it”
“...if you study things like the economic hitman you see these efforts professions of an economic yeah confessions of an economic hit man great book definitely recommend you read it i read it in high school it changed my vision of the world”
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“maybe perins John Perkins is that the guy the economic Hitman is that his name oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah John Perkins confessions of an economic Hitman he got really into Shamanism oh cool”
“remember that everybody right shout out confessions of an economic Hitman exactly”
“is it about uh as uh Smedley Butler would say is it about being an economic Hitman is it about extracting and controlling the means of wealth and production”
“We don't just f*** give them the money; we're getting them in debt to us, and then they have to pay us back, and the corporations get paid and all of that f***. It's that confessions of an economic hitman f***.”
“sounds like they're just placing the IMF yeah that's the economic Hitman strategy”
“so 12 years after i wrote confessions of an economic hitman after it was published i wrote the new confessions of an economic event to update that and talk about how we've created a whole new category of economic hitman”





