Treasure Islands Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens

Name: Treasure Islands Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens
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ISBN: 9780230341722

ISBN-10: 0230341721

ISBN-13: 9780230341722

Edition: 2012

Authors: Nicholas Shaxson

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Published to rave reviews on both sides of the Atlantic,Treasure Islandsis an expose of how the corporate world uses tax havens to shirk paying its share of taxes. This costs the United States alone 100 billion dollars in lost revenue each year. While the United States experiences a recession and European countries face bankruptcy, Nicholas Shaxson, a former correspondent for theFinancial TimesandThe Economist, argues that the problem can be traced back to the pervasive practice of offshoring financing in order to minimize taxable revenue. Journeying from Moscow to London to Switzerland to Delaware, he dives deep into a vast and secret playground where bankers and multinational corporations…

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List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 9/4/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Prologue: An Offshore Awakening



Welcome to Nowhere: An Introduction to Offshore



Technically Abroad: The Vestey Brothers, the American Beef Trust, and the Rise of Multinational Corporations



The Opposite of Offshore: John Maynard Keynes and the Struggle against Financial Capital



The Great Escape: How Wall Street Regained Its Powers by Going Offshore to London



Construction of a Spiderweb: How Britain Built a New Overseas Empire



The Fall of America: How the United States Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Offshore World



The Drain: How Tax Havens Harm Poor Countries



Resistance: In Combat with the Ideological Warriors of Offshore



The Life Offshore: The Human Side of Secrecy Jurisdictions



Ratchet: How Secrecy Jurisdictions Helped Cause the Latest Financial Crisis


Conclusion Reclaiming Our Culture


Notes


Index