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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2159.Confessions_of_an_Economic_Hit_Man?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1160592193m/2159.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2159.Confessions_of_an_Economic_Hit_Man?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Confessions of an Economic Hit Man</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1452.John_Perkins">John Perkins</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16544738?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 2 of 5 stars<br/> <br/>Confession/Disclaimer: I dropped the book at page 101 <br/> <br/>I enjoyed sinking into this book - until Perkins became just a touch to self righteous. Throughout the book he seemed pretty honest with his presentation of his own understanding of international affairs (admitting naivety at times and identifying critical moments)... but he seemed a little too self oriented at right about Pg 57 with this share: <br/> <br/>"On my last night in Indonesia, I awoke from a dream, sat up in bed and switched on the light... I had seen Christ standing in front of me. He seemed like the same Jesus I had talked with every night when, as a young boy, I shared my thoughts with him after saying my formal prayers. Except that the Jesus of my childhood was fair-skinned and blond, while this one had curly black hair and a dark complexion. He bent down and heaved something up to his shoulder. I expected a cross. Instead, I saw the axle of a car with the attached wheel rim protruding above his head, forming a metallic halo... He straightened, peered into my eyes, and said, "If I were to come now, you would see me differently." I asked him why. "Because," he answered, "the world has changed. <br/> <br/>This, following a trip to do economic forecasting for a major government contractor. A little wide-eyed and green for someone nearing 30, who had experience in the Peace Corps and a couple years working in development economics. <br/> <br/>The first half of the book read as a bit sensationalist, an inflated sense of self-importance, for sure. Though, Perkins was meeting with Heads of State and similarly influential movers and shakers... so he does have good stories. <br/> <br/>Actually, the accidental history that you pick up from this book it great. I may pick it up again - after all, the guy is from NH, and has an open obsession with "Tom" Paine. There must be something there, right? <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/714456?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>