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Washington, USA<\/span><\/p>\n EXPERT: Chief Economist,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>New York Times\u00a0Best Selling\u00a0Author, Keynote\u00a0Speaker,\u00a0Facilitator, Workshop Leader.<\/span> The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man<\/em><\/strong><\/span> (2016), a follow-up to John\u2019s classic\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0bestseller, brings the story of economic hit men and jackal assassins up to date and chillingly home to the U.S. It goes on to provide practical strategies for each of us to transform the failing global death economy into a regenerative life economy. The 2004 classic, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man<\/em><\/strong><\/span> (73 weeks on the New York Times<\/em> bestseller list, 32 languages), along with The Secret History of the American Empire<\/em><\/strong><\/span> (New York Times<\/em> bestseller) and Hoodwinked<\/em><\/strong><\/span>, were groundbreaking expos\u00e9s of the clandestine operations that created the current global crises.<\/p>\n John has lectured at Harvard, Oxford, and more than 50 other universities around the world. In addition to economics, politics and global intrigue, he has written books on indigenous cultures and transformation, including Shapeshifting, The World Is As You Dream It<\/em><\/strong><\/span>, Psychonavigation<\/span><\/strong><\/em>, Spirit of the Shuar<\/em><\/strong><\/span>, and The Stress-Free Habit<\/em><\/strong><\/span>. He has been featured on ABC, NBC, CNN, NPR, A&E, the History Channel, Time, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Der Spiegel, <\/em>and many other publications, as well as in numerous documentaries including The End of Poverty?, Zeitgeist Addendum, <\/em>and Apology of an Economic Hit Man<\/em>. He was awarded the Lennon Ono Grant for Peace 2012, and Rainforest Action Network Challenging Business As Usual Award. He is a founder and board member of Dream Change<\/strong><\/span> and The Pachamama Alliance<\/strong><\/span>, nonprofit organizations devoted to establishing a world that future generations will want to inherit.<\/p>\n www.johnperkins.org<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_testimonial url_new_window=”off” quote_icon=”on” use_background_color=”on” background_color=”rgba(49,186,221,0.09)” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” quote_icon_color=”#31badd” body_text_color=”#31badd” use_border_color=”on” border_color=”#31badd” border_style=”solid” border_width=”2px” custom_padding=”20px|10px|10px|10px” saved_tabs=”all” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” border_color_all=”#31badd” border_width_all=”2px” border_style_all=”solid” border_radii_portrait=”on|90px|90px|90px|90px”]<\/p>\n “It was the goal of the University of Aruba to have a speaker that would inspire our general public and encourage critical thinking that would help shift our usual conversations in society. John Perkins delivered and much more than that.\u00a0He educated us about the kind of death economy that we are conditioned into believing is the only reality possible and held out the hope and vision of a life economy that honors life and recognizes the value of deep relationship and connection.”<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_video admin_label=”Video 2018″ src=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/btF6nKHo2i0″ _builder_version=”3.0.93″]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_video][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ic9_cMkbbEQ”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_video][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3hY0htvHH3c”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_video][et_pb_cta saved_tabs=”all” global_module=”4832″ button_url=”\/contact\/” url_new_window=”off” button_text=”Call us for a FREE Consultation TODAY!” use_background_color=”off” background_color=”#31badd” background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”center” header_font_size=”14″ body_font=”|on|||” body_font_size=”18″ body_text_color=”#31badd” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#31badd” border_width=”2px” border_style=”solid” custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#ffffff” button_bg_color=”#31badd” button_border_radius=”5″ button_letter_spacing=”0″ button_use_icon=”on” button_icon=”%%264%%” button_icon_color=”#ffffff” button_icon_placement=”right” button_on_hover=”on” button_letter_spacing_hover=”0″ background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_cta][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” transparent_background=”off” parallax_method=”off” custom_padding=”||0px|” custom_padding_tablet=”50px|0|50px|0″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”3.0.83″ background_color=”#080808″ global_module=”3029″][et_pb_row global_parent=”3029″ make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” custom_padding=”||20px|” padding_mobile=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_cta global_parent=”3029″ button_url=”\/contact\/” url_new_window=”off” button_text=”Call us for a FREE Consultation TODAY!” use_background_color=”off” background_color=”#31badd” background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”center” header_font_size=”14″ body_font=”|on|||” body_font_size=”18″ body_text_color=”#31badd” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#31badd” border_width=”2px” border_style=”solid” custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#ffffff” button_bg_color=”#31badd” button_border_radius=”5″ button_letter_spacing=”0″ button_use_icon=”on” button_icon=”%%264%%” button_icon_color=”#ffffff” button_icon_placement=”right” button_on_hover=”on” button_letter_spacing_hover=”0″ saved_tabs=”all” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”]<\/p>\n Ready to start a conversation about achieving breakthrough results?<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_cta][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0John Perkins Washington, USA EXPERT: Chief Economist,\u00a0New York Times\u00a0Best Selling\u00a0Author, Keynote\u00a0Speaker,\u00a0Facilitator, Workshop Leader. As Chief Economist at a major international consulting firm, John Perkins advised the World Bank, United Nations, IMF, U.S. Treasury Department, Fortune 500 corporations, and countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. He worked directly with heads of state […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":907,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" Washington USA<\/em><\/span><\/p> Chief Economist<\/strong><\/span> John\u2019s Confessions of an Economic Hit Man<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (70 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list) is a startling expos\u00e9 of international corruption. His The Secret History of the American Empire<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, also a New York Times bestseller, details the clandestine operations that created the world\u2019s first truly global empire. His Hoodwinked<\/a><\/strong><\/span> is a blueprint for a new form of global economics. The solutions are not \u201creturn to normal\u201d ones. Instead, John challenges us to soar to new heights, away from predatory capitalism and into an era more transformative than the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions. His writings detail specific steps each of us can take to create a sustainable, just, and peaceful world.<\/p> John is one of the world\u2019s leading authorities on shamanism, combines his shamanic training with a corporate executive background to offer unique insights for shapeshifting on personal and global levels.<\/p> John is also a founder and board member of Dream Change<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and The Pachamama Alliance<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, nonprofit organizations devoted to establishing a world our children will want to inherit, has lectured at more than 50 universities around the world, and is the author of books on indigenous cultures and transformation, including Shapeshifting<\/a><\/strong>,<\/span> The World Is As You Dream It<\/a><\/span>, Psychonavigation<\/a><\/span>, Spirit of the Shuar<\/a><\/span>, <\/strong>and The Stress-Free Habit<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span> He has been featured on ABC, NBC, CNN, NPR, A&E, the History Channel, Time, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Der Spiegel, and many other publications, as well as in numerous documentaries including The End of Poverty?, Zeitgeist Addendum, and Apology of an Economic Hit Man.<\/em><\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"\n
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\nAs Chief Economist at a major international consulting firm, John Perkins<\/strong><\/span> advised the World Bank, United Nations, IMF, U.S. Treasury Department, Fortune 500 corporations, and countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. He worked directly with heads of state and CEOs of major companies.\u00a0\u00a0His books have sold more than a million copies, spent many months on the New York Times<\/em> and other bestseller lists, and are published in over 30 languages.<\/p>\n\n
\u00a0John Perkins<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>
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As Chief Economist at a major international consulting firm, John Perkins advised the World Bank, United Nations, IMF, U.S. Treasury Department, Fortune 500 corporations, and countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. He worked directly with heads of state and CEOs of major companies. His books on economics and geo-politics have sold more than 1 million copies, spent many months on the New York Times and other bestseller lists, and are published in over 30 languages.<\/p>