Discussion 5 Confession of an economic hit man. Questions

Discussion 5 Confession of an economic hit man
300 word min
Questions for Discussion
Use the information you gained from Chapters 19 and 20 in Economic Hit Man to continue the discussion about Iran. What new things did you learn? Perkins narrative is up close and personal, rather than distant and dry. How do his personal impressions help to bring history alive?
Perkins also pulls away the veil of secrecy on some very diabolical aspects of modern so-called "capitalism," which is really just victimization of the ultra-rich upon the poor. How can the culture of the economic hit man come home to roost? Has it already done so? In his later books, Perkins points to banker bailouts, quantitative easing, and the Goldman Sachs technique of creating and then milking "bubbles" (such as the mortgage crisis of 2008/2009) in order to fleece Americans of their hard earned tax dollars.
Perkins does say that when the exploits of economic hit men and CIA jackals (literal "hit men" with high tech poisons, guns, bombs, etc.) fail, then war is used as a pretext, both for regime change, and for generating even more money for the super rich. How would a war with Iran and other allied Middle Eastern countries affect Americans' lives at home? Can we afford a world war? Before you say, "Hey, there's no way that a bunch of middle eastern countries could possibly start a world war, then you might pause to remember that Germany did that in 1939. And that was after the country had been bankrupted due to being unable to pay its WWI debts.