About John Perkins
New York Times Bestselling Author. International Speaker. Activist.
As Chief Economist at a major consulting firm, John Perkins was advisor to the World Bank, UN, IMF, Fortune 500 corporations, and government and business leaders in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and the United States. Before that, he apprenticed with shamans when he lived in the Amazon rainforest from 1968 to 1971 and has since studied with shamans from many different cultures. His eleven books on economics, shamanism, and transformation include the Confessions of an Economic Hit Man trilogy, Shapeshifting, The World Is as You Dream It, and Touching the Jaguar. They have been on the New York Times bestseller list for more than 70 weeks, sold millions of copies, and are published in at least 38 languages.
John has spoken at shamanic gatherings, economic forums, and universities around the world and has been featured on ABC, NBC, CNN, NPR, A&E, the History Channel, Time, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Der Spiegel, and many other publications, as well as in numerous documentaries including The End of Poverty, Zeitgeist Addendum, and Apology of an Economic Hit Man.
His awards include the Lennon Ono Grant for Peace (honored along with Lady Gaga and Pussy Riot) and the Rainforest Action Network Challenging Business as Usual Award. He is a founder and board member of the Pachamama Alliance and Dream Change.
Endorsements
Reading ‘The Secret History of the American Empire” is like finding the key that unlocks a mystery. It simultaneously confirms your suspicions and inspires you to hope. I wouldn’t say it’s good news, but it’s important news…. about where America’s gone wrong, and what it will take for us to make things right.
– Marianne Williamson - author, speaker, spiritual leader
John Perkins’s books have helped me better understand something that has been puzzling me for a long time: Why have so many resource-rich countries in the developing world remained steadfastly poor? The answers he gives are both complex and uncomfortable, and none of us in the first world can abrogate responsibility easily.
– Sting - musician and activist
Once again, John Perkins takes us on an extraordinary voyage that includes not only issues that shake the world, but transform ourselves in the process.
-Thom Hartmann - America's #1 Progressive Talk Show Host, author, The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight
Perkins is an amazing writer, storyteller and adventurer who has written a really great read, another provocative bestseller.
-Stephan Rechtschaffen, MD - Founder, Blue Spirit Costa Rica and Omega Institute
John’s life story is an important lesson for those embedded in the malfunctioning mainstream economy. John empowers us to shift the economic hit man/growth metrics into those that focus on a Life Economy.
-Hazel Henderson - author Building A Win-Win-World and Paradigms in Progress, CEO, B-Corp Ethical Markets Media, publishers of Green Transition Scoreboard
John is a brilliant storyteller. Touching the Jaguar chronicles one of the greatest and most fascinating true stories of our time. It will touch you, lift your spirit, engage you, and deepen your heart. It is magical, riveting, and true. John’s master work.
-Lynne Twist - author, The Soul of Money, Cofounder, the Pachamama Alliance
A highly readable — and shocking — book. It’s difficult to accept that U.S. and corporate policies can be so brutal and greedy, but knowing John Perkins personally, I have come to understand the importance of disclosing this uncomfortable truth. Only by confronting the truth can we eventually create a world that works for all of us. John Perkins inspires us to get up and take action to create a more just and equitable world.
-Jack Canfield - author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series
Touching the Jaguar is a heartfelt exploration into the powers to change ourselves, transform businesses, and renew society – powers Indigenous shamans have cultivated for millennia and we must embrace to dream the world in a new way.
-Alberto Villoldo PhD - bestselling author, One Spirit Medicine and Shaman, Healer, Sage
John’s is a book that gives us hope. It’s secrets not only reveal the urgency of our global crisis but help us understand what we can do to create a sustainable, peaceful world.
– John Gray - author, Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
A sweeping, bold assault on the tyranny of corporate globalization, full of drama and adventure, with devastating stories of greed run wild. But Perkins is undaunted, and offers imaginative ideas for a different world.
– Howard Zinn - retired Boston University Professor author of many books, including the bestselling A People’s History of the United States
How do we transform a destructive Death Economy into a sustainable Life Economy? What actions can you take to be your best you? These questions John answers in this powerful, fun-to-read, and groundbreaking book.
-Marci Shimoff - #1 New York Times bestselling author, Happy for No Reason and Chicken Soup for the Women’s Soul