Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens
Description: Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens examines the global impact of offshore financial centers and tax havens on wealth distribution and economic inequality. It investigates mechanisms that enable tax avoidance and financial secrecy
ISBN: 0230341721
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amirmc
· 2013-07-15
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For those who'd like to know more about Tax Havens, how corporations use them and the effect they have, I can thoroughly recommend Nicholas Shaxon's book, Treasure Islands [1]. For example, I never really considered why all my Amazon purchases mention Luxembourg.
[1] http://www.amazon.com/Treasure-Islands-Uncovering-Offshore-B...
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Really really interesting, and quite disheartening.