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The New Confessions of an Economic Hitman
Must-read classics! Over 30,000 copies have been sold in Taiwan, and all newly revised editions are on the market! Conspiracy, collusion, fraud, unfair competition! They cannibalize other countries and use international organizations as their back gardens; wherever economic killers go, greed accompanies wildfires... Those who create debt traps and contemporary economic colonial powers believe that they can help banks and other large companies to maximize their profits by any means. The goal of benefiting, neglecting the consequences to society and the environment. They are thriving. Others suffer. The budget originally allocated to health insurance, education and other social welfare.
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Published April 20, 2021
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July 14, 2026
DNF. I cannot with this biased lunatic with a god complex and a massive political axe to grind. I noticed the Wikipedia article for this book is filled with pull quotes from many historians, journalists, and social scientists who cast doubt on his dramatic assertions. 20% in, and he has yet to cite any official reports or data to support any of his claims.
“Who benefits when people die of starvation? In a long run, nobody, but in the short run, my coworkers in the corporatocracy.”
A claim like this should be, you know, backed up with some kind of data, or a case study. But in this book — I kid you not— this claim is sandwiched between a long-winded story about a puppet show in Indonesia(which apparently he found politically revelatory), and an extensive analogy by him comparing his colleagues to plantation owners (which he tries to say are both bad and also not that knowingly bad???).
Look, I am as skeptical of late 20th-century American imperialism as anyone, but at no point did this author come across as a remotely reliable narrator. His claim that capitalism rarely benefits the bottom class in the Third World—that it just turns these countries into feudal states that push them down further— is easily contradicted by the worldwide rise in literacy and the decreases in extreme poverty, infant mortality, and rates of starvation, to name a few choice data points.
“Who benefits when people die of starvation? In a long run, nobody, but in the short run, my coworkers in the corporatocracy.”
A claim like this should be, you know, backed up with some kind of data, or a case study. But in this book — I kid you not— this claim is sandwiched between a long-winded story about a puppet show in Indonesia(which apparently he found politically revelatory), and an extensive analogy by him comparing his colleagues to plantation owners (which he tries to say are both bad and also not that knowingly bad???).
Look, I am as skeptical of late 20th-century American imperialism as anyone, but at no point did this author come across as a remotely reliable narrator. His claim that capitalism rarely benefits the bottom class in the Third World—that it just turns these countries into feudal states that push them down further— is easily contradicted by the worldwide rise in literacy and the decreases in extreme poverty, infant mortality, and rates of starvation, to name a few choice data points.
April 17, 2025
As boring as a brick!
January 17, 2026
Todd recommended this but I couldn't get through it.
February 19, 2026
Did not think the China-bashing was fair
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