2-minute video: Best-selling Chief Economist John Perkins explains criminal US foreign policy
Politics, War and PeaceApr 24, 2011source and with video: Carl Herman, Examiner.com
I previously shared an interview with the “Economic Hitman,” John Perkins; a former Chief Economist and multi-Bestselling author. The sharpest video for what Perkins has to say is this widely-viewed and well-animated two-minute version on the left.
My conclusions of political and economic work over the last 30 years is that Perkins’ explanation of US foreign policy interest to exploit developing countries rather than help them is accurate and why US political leadership chooses to not empower developing countries. Perkins’ work is also supported by the explanations of IMF and World Bank Chief Economists Simon Johnson (bestselling author and now at MIT) and Joseph Stiglitz (Nobel laureate, bestselling author, and at Columbia).
Here’s my 30 years’ experience for your thoughtful consideration:
I teach US History, Advanced Placement (AP) US Government and AP Macroeconomics. As a “hobby,” I helped grow the citizen’s lobby, RESULTS, that led to two UN Summits (1990 World Summit for Children – the largest meeting of heads of state in world history – and the 1997 Microcredit Summit – topic of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize). US political leadership of