What economic hitmen can learn from startups

John Perkins in his book, ‘Confessions of an Economic Hitman’ argues that corporate greed can drive high-powered firms to coerce developing countries into enormous debt. They are using taxes to convince state governments to repeat a debt cycle. Pakistan is no exception. For the past many years, we have had serious issues affecting our ...

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