{"id":25150,"date":"2013-10-13T17:26:29","date_gmt":"2013-10-13T21:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?p=25150"},"modified":"2016-09-20T14:24:45","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T18:24:45","slug":"tdi-podcast-john-perkins-from-hitman-to-repairing-the-world-334","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/13\/tdi-podcast-john-perkins-from-hitman-to-repairing-the-world-334\/","title":{"rendered":"TDI Podcast: John Perkins: From Hitman to Repairing the World (#334)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-disciplined-investor\/id217999782\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-257 alignright\" title=\"iTunes Subscribe\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/itunes_subscribe3-1.png\" \/><\/a>John Perkins is our guest this episode where we talk about the early days of his career as a &#8220;economic&#8221; hitman to some of the work he is doing now. We discuss the reasons for the involvement of the U.S. in the global arena and how that has changed. Oil is the common denominator of the discussion.<\/p>\n<p>Earnings season is kicking in and there are a slew of companies that will be reporting this week. A dozen or so of these will give us a good read-through on the state of the global economy.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><a href=\"#podcast\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">LISTEN TO PODCAST NOW<\/span><\/a> | <span style=\"color: #000000;\">LISTEN<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">@<\/span> <a title=\"iTunes Subscribe\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-disciplined-investor\/id217999782\" target=\"_blank\">iTUNES<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/14\/earnings-season-the-companies-that-will-move-market-this-week\"><strong>**See the list of companies that will be reporting earnings this week **<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">__________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0452289572\/investmentadvi09\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/secret_history.jpg\" width=\"99\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong>John Perkins<\/strong> is the author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, a startling expose of international corruption that spent over a year on the New York Times bestseller lists and has been published in more than thirty languages.<\/p>\n<p>A former economic hit man, he is a founder and board member of Dream Change (<strong><a title=\"Perkins Dream Change\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dreamchange.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.dreamchange.org<\/a><\/strong>) and the Pachamama Alliance, nonprofit organizations devoted to creating a stable, sustainable, and peaceful world. He has lectured and taught at universities on four continents including Harvard, Wharton, and Princeton, and is a champion of environmental and social causes.<\/p>\n<p>You have to read his books. Start with <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0452287081\/investmentadvi09\"><strong>Confessions of an Economic Hitman<\/strong><\/a><\/em>, then read <em>Secret History<\/em>. Great reads!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a id=\"podcast\" name=\"podcast\"><\/a> \u00a0<strong>___<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrewhorowitz\">Follow @andrewhorowitz<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">___<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> \u00a0Looking to invest in The Disciplined Investor Managed Growth Strategy?<br \/>\nClick below for the virtual tour&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/TDIMG-1.jpg\" width=\"212\" height=\"318\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7683\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode334.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('7683','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode334.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/TDI_PlayPodcast-679.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode334.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=25150-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode334.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"tdi_episode334.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 1:01:46 &#8212; 33.6MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5vtvEVDPUi4221imwhXyXt\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Markets-and-Investing\/The-Disciplined-Investor-p414586\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Perkins is our guest this episode where we talk about the early days of his career as a &#8220;economic&#8221; hitman to some of the work he is doing now. We discuss the reasons for the involvement of the U.S. in the global arena and how that has changed. Oil is the common denominator of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7684\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode334.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('7684','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode334.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/TDI_PlayPodcast-679.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode334.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=25150-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode334.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"tdi_episode334.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 1:01:46 &#8212; 33.6MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5vtvEVDPUi4221imwhXyXt\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Markets-and-Investing\/The-Disciplined-Investor-p414586\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":371,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,186,224,12,9,296],"tags":[494,483,482,486,297],"class_list":["post-25150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-marketmash","category-long-ideas","category-markets","category-podcasts","category-shownotes","tag-long-ideas","tag-markets","tag-podcasts","tag-short-ideas","tag-show-notes","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/371"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25150\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}