| Offshore: Tax Havens and the Rule of Global Crime Contributor(s): Deneault, Alain (Author) |
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ISBN: 1595586482 ISBN-13: 9781595586483 Publisher: New Press OUR PRICE: $21.56 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | International - Taxation - Political Science | Globalization - True Crime | Organized Crime |
| Dewey: 336.243 |
| LCCN: 2011020031 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 7.5" (0.75 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Offshore reveals how the vast network of unregulated financial centers--from Luxemburg to the Cayman islands to the tiny Pacific haven of Nauru-- amount to a nether realm of drug and arms trade profits, enormous private accounts, and multinational corporate financial holdings. Delving into the scandals, the financial structure, and the history of this hidden side of globalization, sociologist Alain Deneault depicts something larger and more ominous than simple "tax havens" where financial elites and corporations must reside X days out of every calendar year to protect their earnings. Instead, Offshore describes a global base of operations from which massive criminal enterprises and corrupt corporations operate freely and with impunity, menacing developing nations and advanced democracies alike. |