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Author Topic: Confessions of an Economic Hitman  (Read 904 times)
neorealist
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« on: January 25, 2008, 05:47:24 AM »

anyone read it?  I read it during a long 13hour flight.  What did you you guys think?

I thought the author wasn't necessarily a good writer.  Some neat historic facts and a lot of speculative data he claims are fact (which could be I just don't have the time to cross reference).  he kept repeating the theme of how he wanted to better his life over and over and over.  That part got a little redundant. I give a 7/10 b/c it was original.
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« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2008, 06:08:20 AM »

No, it was not particularly well written, and it does seem exaggerated, however it reveals some shocking facts, such as how the government  uses the private sector to indebt foreign countries.
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« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2008, 09:20:03 AM »

it political bias was a bit too extreme too IMO.
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« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2008, 01:20:46 PM »

i keep hearing really good things about this. I think I may have even bought it at one point and never read it. I might try and look for it again.
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« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2008, 09:18:49 AM »

I read it a couple of years ago. My impression was that, yes: the political bias was in evidence and that the “artistic license” was exercised. However I have little reason to doubt that financial aid has been used as an international political persuasion tool to promote special capitalist interests.

Personally I think that overpopulation is a serious problem and that most of you will see the significance of it. Therefore I would support a US aid policy that favors nations that have a program to (or have demonstrated) a reduced fertility rate. This should be out in the open as opposed to clandestine as some previous policies have been.

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