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John Perkins (born January 28, 1945) is an American author. His best known book is ''Confessions of an Economic Hit Man'' (2004), in which Perkins claims to have played a role in an alleged process of economic colonization of Third World countries on behalf of what he portrays as a cabal of corporations, banks, and the United States government. This book spent more than 70 weeks on the ''New York Times'' bestseller list, has been published in at least 32 languages, and is used in many college and university programs. Perkins has also written about mystical aspects of indigenous cultures, including shamanism. ==Biography== Perkins graduated from the Tilton School in 1963. He subsequently attended Middlebury College for two years before dropping out. He later earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Boston University in 1968. He was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador from 1968 to 1970. He spent the 1970s working for the Boston strategic-consulting firm Chas. T. Main; he claims to have been screened for this job by the National Security Agency (NSA) and subsequently hired by Einar Greve,〔("The Veracity of John Perkins' Accounts" ) Memo by Steven Piersanti, President and Publisher, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. March 7, 2005〕 a member of the firm (alleged by Perkins to have been acting as an NSA liaison, a claim which Greve has denied). As Chief Economist at Chas. T. Main, Perkins and his staff 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. Perkins's time at Chas T. Main provides the basis for his subsequent published claims that, as an "economic hit man", he was charged with inducing developing countries to borrow large amounts of money, designated to pay for questionable infrastructure investments, but ultimately with a view to making the debt-laden countries more dependent, economically and politically, upon the West. In the 1980s Perkins left Main and founded and directed an independent energy company. In the book ''Confessions of an Economic Hit Man'', Perkins claims that his company was successful due to 'coincidences' orchestrated by those appreciative of his silence about the work he says he did as an economic hit man. Perkins is a founder and board member of Dream Change and The Pachamama Alliance, nonprofit organizations devoted to promoting environmentally sustainable and socially just societies. He has lectured at Harvard, Oxford, and more than 50 universities around the world, and is the author of eight books on global economics and indigenous cultures. He has been featured on ABC, NBC, CNN, CNBC, 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. He was awarded the Lennon Ono Grant for Peace 2012, and Rainforest Action Network Challenging Business As Usual Award, 2006. Perkins's story is the main theme in part II of the movie ''Zeitgeist: Addendum'', released in October 2008. In that same year, he appeared in the film, ''The End of Poverty?''. His life as an economic hit man is detailed in the full-length movie, ''Apology of an Economic Hit Man''. He also appears in the films ''The Weight of Chains'' by Boris Malagurski, released in December 2010, ''Let's Make Money'' (in German) by the Austrian director Erwin Wagenhofer, released October 2008, and ''Four Horsemen'' by Ross Ashcroft, released in 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Perkins (author)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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