after publishing "confessions of an economic hit man," perkins continued with writing three other books on the topic, focusing on other aspects. "a game as old as empire: the secret world of economic hit men and the web of global corruption" (2007), "the secret history of the american empire" (2007) and "hoodwinked: an economic hit man reveals why the world financial markets imploded – and what we need to do to remake them" (2009).