During its first week in publication,
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man rose to # 4 on Amazon.com Then it spent more than a year on the The New York Times Bestseller list. Rights have been sold to be published in over thirty languages. According to John Perkins, "It is accomplishing an important objective: inspiring people to think and talk and to know that we can change the world."Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
"Offers tales of business, money and misery . . .carries the perfect pitch for many readers"
~ The New York Times ~
"It's all here, in toe-curling detail"
~ The Guardian (London) ~
"This riveting look at a world of intrigue reads like a spy novel . . . Highly recommended."
~ Library Journal ~
"(A) gripping tell-all book"
~ The Rocky Mountain News ~
"(We) contacted 10 leading independent bookstores from all corners of the Earth and asked them to compile a list of their top 10 non-fiction bestsellers during the first six months of 2006 . . . only six books appear on the various lists more than once." Confessions of an Economic Hit Man was one of those 6 books.
~ Ode magazine ~
“A bombshell. One of those rare instances in which someone deeply entrenched in our governmental/ corporate imperialist structure has come forward to reveal in unequivocal terms its inner workings. A work of great insight and moral courage.”
~ John E. Mack, Harvard professor and Pulitzer prize-winning author ~
“John Perkins combines the brilliance and suspense of a Graham Greene thriller with the authority of his insider vantage point to tell a true, powerful, revealing and bone chilling personal story that names names and connects the dots between corporate globalization and American Empire.”
~ David Korten, author of When Corporations Rule the World ~
“John Perkins has written a book that shakes one’s confidence in the ethics of the prevailing economic system. We are in troubling times and need to understand realistically the price we are paying for the ‘free’ market we enjoy Perkins has written an extraordinary tale.”
~ Jim Garrison, President of the State of the World Forum, author of America as Empire ~