Moneyland

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From ruined towns on the edge of Siberia, to Bond villain lairs in Knightsbridge and Manhattan, something has gone wrong with the workings of the world.Once upon a time, if an official stole money, there wasn t much he could do with it He could buy himself a new car or build himself a nice house or give it to his friends and family, but that was about it If he kept stealing, the money would just pile up in his house until he had no rooms left to put it in, or it was eaten by mice.And then some bankers in London had a bright idea.Join the investigative journalist Oliver Bullough on a journey into Moneyland the secret country of the lawless, stateless superrich.Learn how the institutions of Europe and the United States have become money laundering operations, undermining the foundations of Western stability Discover the true cost of being open for business no matter how corrupt and dangerous the customer Meet the kleptocrats Meet their awful children And find out how heroic activists around the world are fighting back.This is the story of wealth and power in the 21st century It isn t too late to change it. Download Moneyland – kino-fada.fr In Moneyland Why Thieves And Crooks Now Rule The World And How To Take It Back, Oliver Bullough sets out to illuminate the means and methods First World tax dodgers and Third World kleptocrats use to hide their businesses and wealth from the rest of us Moneyland is a place, he argues, where those with assets can buy passports wherever they like, and apply the laws where they are most advantageous to their businesses It is a virtual space with American privacy, Panamanian shell companies, Jer In Moneyland Why Thieves And Crooks Now Rule The World And How To Take It Back, Oliver Bullough sets out to illuminate the means and methods First World tax dodgers and Third World kleptocrats use to hide their businesses and wealth from the rest of us Moneyland is a place, he argues, where those with assets can buy passports wherever they like, and apply the laws where they are most advantageous to their businesses It is a virtual space with American privacy, Panamanian shell companies, Jersey trusts, Liechtenstein foundations The wealthy can jurisdiction shop for any country ...This book is quite outstanding and I cannot recommend it highly enough I say this from the perspective of a qualified accountant who spent thirty odd years working in financial services dealing with the nuts and bolts of the issues this book discusses.Here are some of its strengths It does a great job of filling a gap in the picture of how inequality is growing and undermining civil society There are books that address the economic side of this process such as Capital in the Twenty First Centu This book is quite outstanding and I cannot recommend it highly enough I say this from the perspective of a qualified accountant who spent thirty odd years working in financial services dealing with the nuts and bolts of the issues this book discusses.Here are some of its strengths It does a great job of filling a gap in the picture of how inequality is growing and undermining civil society There are books that address the economic side of this process such as Capital in the Twenty First Century and The Value of Everything Making and Taking in the Global Economy other books address its historical implications such as The Great Leveler Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty First Century while others address the political system that brought us to where we are such as Dark Money The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right.However, there are few books that throw light on the real inner workings of the system how and why do w...This book is a how to manual for would be kleptocrats and budding tax avoiders At an early stage, you get the feeling there will be no happy ending This is essentially because you know that the world s super rich continue to plunder their compatriots and abuse their power They have their yachts, penthouses and private jets strategically scattered about the globe Chapter upon chapter explains how they do it, aided and abetted by law abiding accountants and financiers, and law abiding na This book is a how to manual for would be kleptocrats and budding tax avoiders At an early stage, you get the feeling there will be no happy ending This is essentially because you know that the world s super rich continue to plunder their compatriots and abuse their power They have their yachts, penthouses and private jets strategically scattered about the globe Chapter upon chapter explains how they do it, aided a...Bullough has spent much time in researching this book and it did not disappoint He chronicled the rise of Moneyland where some stole, hid and then spent money, outside the jurisdiction of all countries 1 Bretton Woods system in place to control hot money 2 Eurodollar American dollars deposited in London which is not under the control of any jurisdiction.3 Eurobond Warburg Fraser issued them in Schiphol Airport in Holland, interest paid in Luxembourg, but listed in London Borrower Bullough has spent much time in researching this book and it did not disappoint He chronicled the rise of Moneyland where some stole, hid and then spent money, outside the jurisdiction of all countries 1 Bretton Woods system in place to control hot money 2 Eurodollar American dollars deposited in London which is not under the control of any jurisdiction.3 Eurobond Warburg Fraser issued them in Schiphol Airport in Holland, interest paid in Luxembourg, but listed in London Borrower was assigned to Italian Autostrade This became mobile liquid tax free wealth Jews, Nazis, Belgian dentists, South American dictators, Russian politicians bought them 4 Soon countries had to fight the outflow of money by lowering taxes and loosening regulation That is, they became off shore havens 5 Zucman the French economist estimated t...The world is farcorrupt than anyone imagines The ruling classes feel entitled to steal tax money at will, stash it in overseas accounts, and spend it like it was legitimate through shell companies and trusts The country that enables this is one Oliver Bullough calls Moneyland It has no borders, no government, and no taxes, but gets it power and support from all of those Its citizens are welcomed worldwide, no questions asked The richer they are, the wider the doors swing open.It use The world is farcorrupt than anyone imagines The ruling classes feel entitled to steal tax money at will, stash it in overseas accounts, and spend it like it was legitimate through shell companies and trusts The country that enables this is one Oliver Bullough calls Moneyland It has no borders, no government, and no taxes, but gets it power and support from all of those Its citizens are welcomed worldwide, no questions asked The richer they are, the wider the doors swing open.It used to be that local officials were limited in their greed, because there was only so much they could spend loc...Between the relatively melodramatic title of this book and the fact that the author begins with mad leaps from Paul Manafort in the Ukraine to Malaysia and on to the emirates, one might suppose this book would be a bit sensational and superficial The length would suggest a shallow stone skipping over some deep subject matter, but the deftness with which the author covers a very tough topic is surprising, and makes for a lively read Yes, Moneyland has preferred lenses, stemming from the years t Between the relatively melodramatic title of this book and the fact that the author begins with mad leaps from Paul Manafort in the Ukraine to Malaysia and on to the emirates, one might suppose this book would be a bit sensational and superficial The length would suggest a shallow stone skipping over some deep subject matter, but the deftness with which the author covers a very tough topic is surprising, and makes for a lively read Yes, Moneyland has preferred lenses, stemming from the years the author spent in Russia and Ukraine Another author might have tried to cover global unaccountable offshore money flows through a focus o...Less is This book lacks structure It seemslike a rambling essay and hops from one example to the next and then returns to an earlier one without an obvious reason It also contains quite a bit of irrelevant material The author should have focuse...A first rate tour of the financial plumbing of the global plutocratic insurgency Bullough spins an Infuriating tale of how well heeled accountants and lawyers in offshore finance and elites in tax haven states enable globalized gangsters, callous kleptocrats, and banal nabobs to evade justice.

Moneyland
  • English
  • 08 December 2018
  • Kindle Edition
  • 304 pages
  • Oliver Bullough
  • Moneyland