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  <name><![CDATA[John Perkins]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[John Perkins is an activist and author.  As a former chief economist at Boston strategic-consulting firm Chas. T. Main, Perkins says that he was an &quot;economic hit man&quot; for 10 years, helping U.S. intelligence agencies and multinational corporations cajole and blackmail foreign leaders into serving U.S. foreign policy and awarding lucrative contracts to American business.

However, after several years struggling internally over the role he was playing in crippling foreign economies, he quit his consulting job. In the 1980s Perkins founded and directed a successful independent energy company, which he subsequently sold. Since then he has been heavily involved with non-profit organizations in Ecuador and around the world. He continues this work today, in addition to his writing. One of his organizations, Dream Change, is dedicated to shifting consciousness and promoting sustainable lifestyles for the individual and global community.]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Hanover, New Hampshire</hometown>  <born_at>01/28/1945</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Confessions of an Economic Hit Man]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global Corruption]]></title>
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  <published>2006</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The World Is As You Dream It: Teachings from the Amazon and Andes]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Shapeshifting: Techniques for Global and Personal Transformation]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Spirit of the Shuar: Wisdom from the Last Unconquered People of the Amazon]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Psychonavigation: Techniques for Travel Beyond Time]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[John Perkins]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Perceval: King Arthur's Knight of the Holy Grail]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Attack Proof: The Ultimate Guide to Personal Protection]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Stress-Free Habit: Powerful Techniques for Health and Longevity from the Andes, Yucatan, and the Far East]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[John Perkins]]></name>
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  <published>1989</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Hoodwinked: An Economic Hit Man Reveals Why the World Financial Markets Imploded--and What We Need to Do to Save Them]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[John Perkins]]></name>
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  <published>2009</published>  
  
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