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When education becomes applied knowledge, it is a powerful tactic with measurable results.

In Unfair Advantage: The Power of Financial Education , readers are advised to stop blindly accepting that they are "disadvantaged" people with limited options and challenge the preconception that they will struggle financially all of their lives. "Required reading" is often misdirected reading. The education you receive in school follows that same pattern. You trust that you are being taught what you need to become successful, to have a meaningful and fruitful life and that promise is not being kept. Learn to convert ordinary income to passive income and have a better life.

In plain language - and providing sufficient historical background - we are shown how First Word countries have used "economic hit men," institutions like the World Bank and IMF, coercion and even outright strong-arm tactics to steal from the developing countries - often in collusion with the elites of those countries who are happy to hide their ill-gotten gain in offshore accounts. While Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (more than 300,000 sold) revealed just the tip of the iceberg of the secret world of economic hit men and the web of global corruption, A Game as Old as Empire: The Secret World of Economic Hit Men and the Web of Global Corruption goes one step further by offering hope and practical advice. Chinese version: A Game As Old As Empire