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We Are Witnessing The Greatest Shift Of Wealth From Poor To Rich In History. In The United States Alone, The Wealthiest Avoid Paying An Astonishing $53 Billion In Taxes Each Year. Nicholas Shaxson, In League With The Tax Justice Network, Dives Deep Into The Secret World Of Tax Havens And Takes Us To Hot Spots From Switzerland To Panama To Delaware In A Riveting Narrative Of How Society Loses Through Illegal Tax Evasion. With Jaw-dropping Stories And Vivid Explanations, Shaxson Highlights The Biggest Players In The Game, And Shows How: - More Than 12,750 Foreign Corporations Get Out Of Paying Taxes Each Year By Claiming To Have Offices In The Same Five-story Building In The Cayman Islands. - One Thousand Children Die Every Day As A Result Of Illegal, Trade Related Tax Evasion. - Although Billions Are Poured Annually Into Africa, Corrupt Officials There Stow Twice As Much Away In Tax Havens, Making Africa A Net Creditor To The Rest Of The World. -- 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
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- Author
- Nicholas Shaxson
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan; St. Martin's Press
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780230341722
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Social Science, Economics, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.19 / 5 (591 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- Treasure Islands : Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens (2011)
- Treasure islands : Tax havens and the men who stole the world (2011)
- Treasure Islands: Dirty Money, Tax Havens and the Men Who Stole Your Cash (2012)
- Treasure Islands : Tax Havens and the Men Who Stole the World (2012)
- Treasure Islands : Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens (2012)
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