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Lessons from Sacred Teachers

Lessons from Sacred Teachers

A short newsletter this month because I’ve been speaking at the Planet Local Summit in England, meeting with Indigenous and other teachers, and visiting sacred sites in Europe. Here, as i...

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What Indigenous People Teach Us

What Indigenous People Teach Us

When the Peace Corps sent me to the Amazon rainforest in 1968, I dove into research on the Shuar, the community I would soon call home. All the information I could find considered them to...

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Between Mugs and Mirrors: Ecuador, Guatemala, and Barstool Revelations

Between Mugs and Mirrors: Ecuador, Guatemala, and Barstool Revelations

Back at my favorite watering hole, I turn away from the newspaper article I’m reading about the assassination of a presidential candidate in Ecuador and glance at the mirror across the ba...

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A Tale of Three Cultures and an Invitation to Change the World

A Tale of Three Cultures and an Invitation to Change the World

Echoing applause reverberates from a crowd gathered in a once-bankrupt industrial center, now transformed into a vibrant center for music, art, and world-changing discussions. The silence...

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Corporations Determine Our Future

Corporations Determine Our Future

Vancouver company Invinity Energy Systems is investing heavily in large-scale batteries that can store and harness renewable energy. Each of these shipping container-sized batteries is ca...

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Ending the “Immigration Problem”

Ending the “Immigration Problem”

“The challenges ahead are formidable. But if the political will exists, there is no reason Central America cannot become the next great success story of the Western Hemisphere.” -Presiden...

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Your New Audio Guide to the Dark Side of Global Economics

Your New Audio Guide to the Dark Side of Global Economics

Dear friend, I'm thrilled to announce that the audiobook version of my latest work, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, 3rd Edition: China's EHM Strategy; Ways to Stop the Global Takeover...

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The US and China Race to the Green Economy

The US and China Race to the Green Economy

John Perkins NOTE: The audio version of John’s new book is now available! The need to transform the current degenerative Death Economy into a regenerative Life Economy (also known as the...

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Reversing Economic Hit Man Strategies that Threaten All Life

Reversing Economic Hit Man Strategies that Threaten All Life

Jamie Dimon, CEO of Chase / American EHM By John Perkins Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, 3rd Edition: China’s EHM Strategy; Ways to Stop the Global Takeover emphasizes the need to en...

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Wonderful News!

Wonderful News!

By John Perkins I’m thrilled to share wonderful news with you! My new book debuts this month. It describes the new and nefarious economic hit man (EHM) strategy that, since my last EHM bo...

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Who Will Reign as the World’s Superpower: the US or China?

Who Will Reign as the World’s Superpower: the US or China?

By John Perkins One of the characteristics of a superpower in decline is that its economy becomes deeply dependent on other countries. For the Romans, it was resources stolen from their f...

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What Is an Economic Hit Man? In China…

What Is an Economic Hit Man? In China…

By John Perkins My new book, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, 3rd Edition: China’s EHM Strategy; Ways to Stop the Global Takeover , answers questions about EHMs – in the US and China –...

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