Perkins claims the involvement of the National Security Agency (NSA), with whom he had interviewed for a job prior to joining Main. The book provides Perkins' account of his career with engineering consulting firm Chas. Several reviewers discussed a lack of documentation or verification for Perkins' claims. Main disputed or disagreed with some of his allegations. Perkins was referred to as a conspiracy theorist by one reviewer, while a number of former colleagues at Chas T. The book was a commercial success, but critics expressed doubts about the accuracy of the claims Perkins made in Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. Main was to convince leaders of underdeveloped countries to accept substantial development loans for large construction and engineering projects, thus trapping them in a system of American influence and control. Perkins writes that his primary role at Chas T. Perkins claims that the NSA arranged for him to be hired by the firm, and that he was subsequently seduced and trained as an "economic hitman" by a mysterious businesswoman named Claudine. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man is a semi-autobiographical book written by John Perkins, first published in 2004.
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