CAPITALISM'S ACHILLES HEEL Dirty Money and How to

378 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Craven, Mike Onorato, and Alexia Meyers contributed greatly. To all, I am
most appreciative.
In 1995 I decided to stick a toe cautiously into the waters of public
opinion by writing a piece on global dirty money and attaching my name to
it. Jodie Allen at the Outlook section of the Washington Post was kind enough
to run it, for which I have thanked her several times. I also owe a debt of
gratitude to the Christian Science Monitor for allowing me over a period of
years to write many articles on economic corruption and political oppression,
published under a pseudonym.
At Harvard Business School I had an opportunity to associate very closely
with a group of fellow students who to this day remain the smartest people with
whom I’ve ever had a lengthy working relationship—Jan Arps, Peter Crisp,
Rob Little, the late Brad Stark, John Steinberg, Bob Surtees, John Weber, and
John H.T. Wilson. The school permitted me in 1960 to take a course for credit
under Paul Tillich, the German theologian, across the river at the university, solidifying
my interest in philosophy. A dozen years later Harvard wrote two case
studies on my business activities in Africa, contributing to my own awareness
that my experiences and perspectives were indeed rather unique. The school’s
publications in recent years have brought my views to a wider audience, for
which I thank Garry Emmons and Harris Collingwood. At Georgia Institute of
Technology, my undergraduate alma mater, Cathy Inabit and, earlier, Linda
Brady permitted me to try out ideas on numerous classes of unsuspecting students,
and John Dunn also kindly extended his courtesies.
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation gave me a generous
grant in 1996, which enabled me to travel to 23 countries and talk with
335 central bankers, commercial bankers, economists, lawyers, sociologists,
government finance officials, tax collectors, and police and security personnel,
in many cases people I had not usually encountered in my private work.
Also in 1996, Jim Johnson, whom I had known since his days in the George
McGovern presidential campaign, as chairman of the Brookings Institution
referred me to Mike Armacost and Bob Litan, who welcomed me as a guest
scholar in economic studies for three years. Bob, as director of the program,
made this a particularly formative experience, culminating in this book. I also
want to thank the Brookings community, especially Linda Gianessi, Eileen
Robinson, Eric Eisinger and the library staff, Sylvia Okala and the IT staff,
Linda Steckley, Fred Silbernagel, Kathy Santos, Sean Meehan, Robert Mason,
and many others who simply could not have been more courteous and