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Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men who Stole the World by Nicholas Shaxson (Paperback, 2011)
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* Dirty money, tax havens and the offshore system - this secretive world is far bigger, and more central to the world economy, than almost anyone realises. The World Bank has reported that the flow of dirty money across borders, out of developing countries and into the rich economies, is up to ten times greater than the foreign aid that flows the other way. The offshore system has been discreetly responsible for the greatest shift of wealth from poor to rich in the history of our planet. It is undermining our democracies, and offering the wealthiest sections of our societies escape routes from tax, regulation, and other normal democratic controls. This is, as the dirty-money expert Raymond Baker put it, 'the ugliest chapter in global economic affairs since slavery.' Most people either ignore tax havens, or see them merely as tropical islands peopled by crooks, spivs, spies and celebrity tax exiles. They mistakenly believe that the main offshore problems are money laundering and terrorist financing. These are essentially small parts of the picture. The Threat from offshore exposes the much bigger game. The 'anti-globalisation' movement tapped into an uneasy feeling,Product Identifiers
PublisherVintage Publishing
ISBN-139781847921109
eBay Product ID (ePID)97708809
Product Key Features
Number of Pages336 Pages
Publication NameTreasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men Who Stole the World
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEconomics, Government
Publication Year2011
TypeTextbook
AuthorNicholas Shaxson
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Weight452 g
Item Width153 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorNicholas Shaxson
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- 08 Jun, 2022
Tax haven madness
Scarily compelling read of how the rich and people in power have manipulated honest tax payers for years without any prospect of this changing.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 22 Aug, 2018
Excellent book and excellent service
The book is genuinely brilliant. It formed the basis for an excellent tv documentary in fact. The booking and delivery was excellent too.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 04 Jul, 2018
Valid
Essay on financialatters which conspire to impoverish us all and render capitalism absurdVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
