-->Also related.

I've read this whole book, or to be more accurate, I listened to the unedited book on tape. I sure wish the author himself had read the book, because his voice in this interview was soo much better than the voice actor they used.

It's a quite interesting book if you are willing to feel a bit guiltier about your nation, your government, and the corporatocracy.

I think I'm going to get this book too -- it sounds like it gives a lot of insight that can help with the big picture of world affairs.

*worldaffairs

Adding video to channels (Worldaffairs) - requested by maatc.

Who would disagree with this fellow?

oh right...the gov
http://usinfo.state.gov/media/Archive/2006/Feb/02-767147.html

Of course, they would deny it, wouldn't they?

The first casualty in an economic war is truth.

wow that .gov website is really spiteful and immature... just wow.

"Perkins claims that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) recruited him to be an “economic hit man,” who deliberately entrapped foreign countries in unmanageable amounts of debt so they would be beholden to the United States. This appears to be a total fabrication. To the contrary, the U.S. government has led a recent initiative to cancel the debt of many heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)."

How did the PCs get so HI?

man that page is so horrible, i don't know the facts so i will go with the guy that calmly talks logical sense for 40 minutes rather than the government website that tries to make him sound like a lunatic.