John Perkins is the author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, which spent over seventy weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, sold over 1.8 million copies, and was translated into thirty-seven languages. He also authored Touching the Jaguar, The Secret History of the American Empire, Hoodwinked, and other books. As a former corporate chief economist, he advised the World Bank, the United Nations, Fortune 500 corporations, and many governments worldwide. He was also CEO of a successful alternative energy company. For the past twenty years, he has principally been a writer, speaker, and activist.