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> Coercing developing countries into taking out loans they can't afford to build infrastructure they don't need has been the USA's MO for decades

I'm not arguing against your point, but do you have any specific examples? The wiki article doesn't really offer up anything, do we just have to read the book?

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It's been quite a few years since I read it, but I seem to recall it was mostly things like dams, oil fields, electric grids, and stuff like that.

I don't recall if the author lists very specific information about the examples, such as "The Salvajina Dam, located at such-and-such coordinates", in the book, but I don't think so.

John Perkins does list specific examples in his book. Mostly located in Southeast Asia and South America. Not by name, of course. But by location. He talks about the politics of how these "deals" happened, who benefited and what role the military and state departments played.

His book is a great read.

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