"Confessions of an Economic Hitman" author John Perkins argues that our current economic problems are the outgrowth of a form of predatory capitalism that benefits a relatively small number of people around the world. This is the topic of his latest book, "Hoodwinked." Mr. Perkins spoke at the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco.
I would like to upload this on my I-pod but apparently BookTV/CSpan2 hasn't released it on the website yet for Podcasting.
willia3r 2 years ago
Predatory capitalism comes home to roost.
This is the very reason we invaded Iraq:
"They're opening them (oil fields) up to other companies all over the world ... We're entitled to it," Pickens said of Iraq's oil. "Heck, we even lost 5,000 of our people, 65,000 injured and a trillion, five hundred billion dollars."
By Tom Doggett WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens
told Congress on Wednesday that U.S. energy companies are
entitled to some of Iraq's crude
madebutante 2 years ago