Following three decades spent as a self-described "economic hit man," best-selling author and popular lecturer John Perkins takes on the topic of globalization in this informative and enlightening speech. A man who has once bestowed with the responsibility of developing economic forecasts for major U.S. engineering firms so that they could receive funding from the International Monetary Fund and the World, Bank, Perkins' work often guided the destinies of developing countries, and frequently caused massive social upheaval and political strife. Given Perkins' high profile work in such disparate locales as the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and North America, few speakers are more qualified to address the topic of globalization. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide