TREASURE ISLANDS by Nicholas Shaxson

Dirty money, tax havens and the offshore system describe the ugliest and most secretive chapter in the history of global economic affairs.

 - Tax havens have declared war on honest, law-abiding people around the world

 - Tax havens are the most important single reason why poor people and poor countries stay poor

 - Britain and the US are the world's two most important tax havens

Tax havens now lie at the very heart of the global economy. Over half of world trade, and most international lending, is processed through them. Tax havens has been instrumental in nearly every major economic event, in every big financial scandal, and in every financial crisis since the 1970s, including the latest global economic downturn. Treasure Islands shows how this happened and reveals what the economic textbooks will not tell you.

Soft cover, very good condition.