The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: How America Really Took Over the World by John Perkins

In The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins exposes how international financial institutions, corporations, and intelligence agencies use debt manipulation, rigged loans, and covert political pressure to subvert developing nations. Drawing from his former insider experience, he shows how corrupt elites are coerced into accepting predatory deals that transfer wealth to Western conglomerates, trapping poorer countries in cycle of unending leverage and economic dependence.