Excellent read.
Culmination of his experiences in a consulting firm in US which specialized in ensuring developing countries are debt-trapped forever and therefore under the thumb of the empire. Arundhati Roy, Noam Chomksy and others write on this phenomenon in their style but Perkins gives a simpler yet powerful look at how the empire building happens.
I did not fall for the ” i did it without knowing how not to but continued to feel bad” bit but yes continually doing something as unethical as that would get to you someday.
My own experiences with World Bank shows they do work on preconceived notions and plans which if nefarious is bound to hurt the country that they profess to want to help.