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"Economic hit men," John Perkins writes, "are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. Their tools include fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex, and murder."

In this shocking exposé, former EHM John Perkins gives an insider view into the corrupt system that cheats and strong-arms countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars and ultimately causes staggering income inequality and ecological devastation. EHMs are highly paid professionals who use development loans to saddle countries with huge debts and force them to serve US interests. Now, a new EHM wave is infecting the world, and at the peak of the devastation sits China, a newly dominant economic power, with its own insidious version of the US EHM blueprint.

The world’s foremost expert on pricing strategy shows how this mysterious process works and how to maximize value through pricing to company and customer.

The previous edition of this now-classic book revealed the existence and subversive manipulations of "economic hit men". John Perkins wrote that economic hit men (EHM) "are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. Their tools include fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex, and murder".

In Confessions of a Recovering Engineer, renowned speaker and author of Strong Towns Charles L. Marohn, Jr., delivers an accessible and engaging exploration of America's transportation system, laying bare the reasons why it no longer works as it once did, and how to modernize transportation to better serve local communities.

In the spring of 1988, a request landed on Daniel Wagner's desk in lower Manhattan: would the world's largest insurance company guarantee payment for a shipment of cigarette rolling papers to Saddam Hussein?He said yes. Saddam paid.So began his nearly four decades in political risk insurance —...

Credit card expert Beverly Harzog shares how she went from being a credit card disaster to a credit card diva. When Beverly got out of college, she spent the next 10 years racking up debt on seven credit cards. Credit card limits, she believed, were merely "guidelines", certainly not anything to be taken seriously - especially if she was in dire need of a new pair of shoes. The fact that she was a CPA at the time adds an ironic twist to the credit quagmire she slowly descended into.

Hosted by fashion curator, Darnell-Jamal Lisby, Confessions of a Curator is a journey into the intersection of fashion and art history through the kaleidoscope of our contemporary cultural zeitgeist. Topics revolve around the analyses of the worlds of fashion and art from museum exhibition-making to runway presentations, encouraging discourse on how these creative disciplines are shaping our world.

Although he was a suburban husband and father, living a far different life from The Wolf of Wall Street, Michael Kimelman had a good run as the co-founder of a hedge fund. But it all came crashing down in the wee hours of November 5, 2009, when the Feds came to his door, almost taking the door off its hinges. He was arrested as part of a huge insider trading case, and while he was offered a sweetheart no-jail probation plea, he refused, maintaining his innocence.

Every successful tech veteran has a story they don't tell from the stage: the deal that fell apart, the agonizing period of self-doubt, the moment they hit rock bottom. We pull back the curtain on those stories in Confession with Ali Partovi, a new podcast featuring candid conversations with tech leaders including Satya Nadella, Dara Khosrowshahi, and others.

His story is now legend. In 1994, after reading The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken, Ray Anderson felt a "spear in the chest." The founder of Interface, Inc., a billion-dollar carpeting manufacturer, realized that his company was plundering the environment and he needed to steer it on a new course. Since then, Interface has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 82 percent, and the goal is to reach a zero environmental footprint by 2020.

Larry Williams has never backed away from authority, especially government authority - the US government or any other, including two battles all the way to the Supreme Court. Libertarian, trader, would-be politician, and Indiana Jones-like adventurer, Larry has gone wherever his spirit moved him and bucked state constraints whenever he found them stifling.  

Confessions of a Money Queen shows you how to make the money moves to claim your power, purpose, and peace as it takes you deeper into your soul's purpose.You'll discover that obtaining and keeping money is not as complicated as it seems. You haven't missed your chance with wealth. It's been waiting for you to call it in. Confessions of a Money Queen is your ticket to the prosperity you've been waiting for.

At the start of this riveting memoir, Dan Conway is a brash young executive in a vast corporation, slogging his way up the ladder while struggling with depression and an addiction he thought he had defeated long ago. As he begins to realize that the mix of nightmarish bureaucracy and his unruly “flip side” have doomed any chance of success, Dan stumbles upon cryptocurrency, tumbling down the rabbit hole to discover a strange, anarchic, but captivating world. He decides to wager everything - his savings, his marriage, his family, his future - on the fledgling crypto, Ether.

Learn the top seven skills Rob has used to have massive success in his network marketing journey and how he has helped thousands of others do the same.

"Confessions of a Section 8 Landlord" is a candid account of the challenges and rewards of managing low-income housing. This gripping collection of stories exposes the raw reality of self-managing a twelve-unit apartment complex in one of America’s most dangerous cities. With a sense of humor and a touch of horror, the author recounts their experience with tenants who go to great lengths to save on rent, run-ins with the local gang leaders, and multiple squatters who turn the property into their own.

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Confessions of a Divorce Assassin pulls back the curtain on divorce. The stories no one talks about and the decisions that change everything. Hosted by CEO of US Legal Groups, David Crum, Esq., the podcast features real divorce stories alongside conversations with attorneys who aren’t afraid to share their perspective on what actually happens inside a case. From legal strategy to client dynamics and the human cost of divorce, each episode delivers insight, honesty, and perspective for both the public and the attorneys who serve them.

About Confessions of a CX Executive: Hosted by JP Dumas, this is where real talk meets real results. Through unfiltered conversations with CX and business leaders, the channel explores customer retention, operational execution, revenue growth, leadership, and the pressure behind performance. Part growth playbook, part leadership confessional, Confessions of a CX Executive dives into the decisions, mistakes, friction points, and business challenges that never show up on dashboards, quarterly reports, or conference stages.

Confessions of a Millionaire reveals the real stories, hard lessons, and smart decisions behind building wealth through buying and owning businesses. Hosted by Paul Lajoie, the show offers an honest look at what actually works -and what can quietly cost you everything.