John Perkins
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John Perkins is an American author and former economic hit man best known for his book "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man," in which he alleges involvement in covert economic manipulation on behalf of U.S. interests.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Perkins canonical | 4 |
| John Perkins (author) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8815436 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Perkins Context triple: [Perkins, hasNotableBearer, John Perkins]
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A.
Claus Wigand
Claus Wigand is a person notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Wigand.
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B.
Edward Epstein
Edward Epstein is a biographer and author known for his works on notable historical and political figures.
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C.
Tim Weiner
Tim Weiner is an American journalist and author best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting and his books on the history of U.S. intelligence agencies.
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D.
Robert Baer
Robert Baer is a former CIA case officer and author known for his memoirs on Middle East espionage and U.S. intelligence, one of which inspired the film "Syriana."
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E.
Jeffrey Wigand
Jeffrey Wigand is an American former tobacco executive turned whistleblower who exposed health risks and corporate misconduct in the cigarette industry, most famously depicted in the film "The Insider."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Perkins Target entity description: John Perkins is an American author and former economic hit man best known for his book "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man," in which he alleges involvement in covert economic manipulation on behalf of U.S. interests.
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A.
Claus Wigand
Claus Wigand is a person notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Wigand.
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B.
Edward Epstein
Edward Epstein is a biographer and author known for his works on notable historical and political figures.
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C.
Tim Weiner
Tim Weiner is an American journalist and author best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting and his books on the history of U.S. intelligence agencies.
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D.
Robert Baer
Robert Baer is a former CIA case officer and author known for his memoirs on Middle East espionage and U.S. intelligence, one of which inspired the film "Syriana."
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E.
Jeffrey Wigand
Jeffrey Wigand is an American former tobacco executive turned whistleblower who exposed health risks and corporate misconduct in the cigarette industry, most famously depicted in the film "The Insider."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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human ⓘ memoirist ⓘ non-fiction writer ⓘ political writer ⓘ |
| allegedRole | economic hit man for U.S. interests ⓘ |
| author |
John Perkins
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John Perkins ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Perkins ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
corporate power critique
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economics-related political commentary ⓘ globalization critique ⓘ |
| genre |
memoir
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non-fiction ⓘ political non-fiction ⓘ political non-fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| hasOccupationHistory |
business consultant
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chief economist in private sector ⓘ |
| hasWrittenAbout |
International Monetary Fund
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U.S. foreign policy ⓘ World Bank ⓘ developing countries debt ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critiquing U.S. foreign economic policy
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describing role as an economic hit man ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainSubjectOfWork |
corporate empire
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covert economic manipulation ⓘ economic imperialism ⓘ |
| movement |
anti-globalization movement
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corporate accountability movement ⓘ |
| name | John Perkins ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | allegations of covert economic manipulation on behalf of U.S. interests ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
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The Secret History of the American Empire ⓘ |
| occupation |
activist
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author ⓘ former economic hit man ⓘ lecturer ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | United States of America ⓘ |
| positionHeld | consultant in international development sector ⓘ |
| writesAbout |
alternative economic models
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environmental sustainability ⓘ indigenous rights ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: John Perkins Description of subject: John Perkins is an American author and former economic hit man best known for his book "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man," in which he alleges involvement in covert economic manipulation on behalf of U.S. interests.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.