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The mayfair hedge fund that employed me had only a spectral presence in the caymans. Tax havens and the men who stole the world by nicholas shaxson. Livesey, and the goodhearted but obtuse squire trelawney, who help jim on his quest for the. Feb 18, 2011 they have been instrumental in nearly every major economic event, in every big financial scandal, and in every financial crisis since the 1970s, including the latest global economic downturn. Shaxson an associate fellow of the royal institute of international affairs and a consultant for global watchdog organisation tax justice network is releasing treasure islands, tax. Shaxsons real subject is what he calls the offshore system of banks and financial service industries p. Treasure islands tax havens and the men who stole the world by nicholas shaxson the bodley head, london, 2011, paperback. Like just as european nobles used to consolidate their unaccountable powers in castles, to better subjugate and extract tribute from the surrounding peasantry, so financial capital has coalesced in these fortified nodes of unaccountable political and economic power. Writing a book on the dodgy nature of tax havens is, in the current climate. His novel treasure island is a seafaring adventure story filled with treasure, treachery, pirates, ships and islands.
The most popular pirate story ever written in english, featuring one of literatures most beloved bad guys. Nicholas shaxson born 1966 is a british author, journalist and investigator. Uncovering the damage of offshore banking and tax havens online books in format pdf. He has worked as a parttime writer and researcher for the tax justice network, an expertled lobbying group focused on the harmful impacts of tax avoidance, tax competition and tax havens. They have been instrumental in nearly every major economic event, in every big financial scandal, and in every financial crisis since the 1970s, including the latest global economic downturn. Dirty money, tax havens and the offshore system describe the ugliest and most secretive chapter in the history of global economic affairs. Tax havens and the men who stole the world book online at best prices in india on. Oct 02, 2018 nicholas shaxson treasure islands part 01. Tax havens and the men who stole the world 2011 is a nonfiction book about the secretive role of offshore banks and tax havens in global economic affairs. If you would like to know why your taxes are going up quite as much as they are this year, then nicholas shaxson has a one word answer. Treasure islands quotes showing of 3 one is that the offshore system is perhaps the strongest determinant of how political and economic power works in this world. But the task is well worthy of examination, as it is so vital to the shadowy infrastructure of the global financial system provides an easily digestible overview of the labyrinthine nature of the world of offshore finance. Shaxson has undertaken a big task with the book treasure islands.
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