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I really wanted to enjoy this book. I was looking forward to a description of how the World Bank, IMF and the 'aid industry' was collaborating to keep LDCs from actually realizing improvements in their systems. Instead, John Perkins gives us wild speculation and claims with absolutly no facts to back them up. He describes his first assignment in Indonesia, tells how he 'cooked the books' and then completly ignores any further discussion of the matter. As a reader I have no idea if his economic estimates: 1) actually resulted in any loans, economic programs, etc. 2) if his inflated projections ended up being right or wrong 3) if (or how) internation institutions then used this situation to bend Indonesia to their will Instead, Perkins just tells us (over and over again) about his guilt. I do have to admit, I didn't finish reading this rubbish. I did skim the rest of the book hoping to actually find something of substance to substantiate his claims but couldn't find anything. The most frustrating thing about this book is that I believe the author's claims might be right. It's just very unfortunate that he didn't do anything to prove them. If you must, pick this up when it's in the dollar bin.