Economic Hit Man Series

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins, 2004, Excerpts

The global empire is self-centered, self-serving, greedy and materialistic, a system based on mercantilism. Like empires before, its arms open only to accumulate resources, to grab everything in sight and stuff its insatiable maw. It will use whatever means it deems necessary to help its rulers gain more power and riches. Thanks to the biased “sciences” for forecasting, econometrics, and statistics, if you bomb a city and then re-build it, the data shows a huge spike in economic growth.

06.20.07: Treasury chief says economic reforms are needed to increase domestic consumption and reduce reliance on investment, exports to drive growth. CNN

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Wednesday that China is helping to power the strongest global growth in decades, but as a major economic participant, China must address the need for economic reforms. Paulson also said accelerated growth in Europe and Japan has given the global economy more balance and stability. But both Europe and Japan also need more structural reforms and faster domestic growth on a sustained basis. 

Wikipedia Henry Paulson

Henry Merritt "Hank" Paulson Jr. (born March 28, 1946) is the United States Treasury Secretary and member of the International Monetary Fund Board of Governors. He previously served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs, one of the world's largest and most successful investment banks. He was nominated by U.S. President George W. Bush to succeed John Snow as the Treasury Secretary on May 30, 2006.