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100 1 _aBrittain-Catlin, William,
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_9255149
245 1 0 _aOffshore :
_bthe dark side of the global economy /
_cWilliam Brittain-Catlin.
246 3 0 _aDark side of the global economy
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,
_c[2005]
264 4 _c©2005
300 _a272 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 0 _g1.
_tOur offshore world --
_g2.
_tThe offshore corporation --
_g3.
_tThe offshore interior --
_g4.
_tOffshore freedom, onshore control --
_g5.
_tInterlude : the secret realm --
_g6.
_tOffshore heaven, offshore hell --
_g7.
_tThe politics of offshore --
_g8.
_tCoda : the ruins of offshore.
520 1 _a"Offshore is an exploration of perhaps the most mysterious aspect of global society today: the shadowy, semi-legal realm of offshore banking and finance. The world of "offshore" is one of dummy companies, secret bank accounts, tricky foreign registries, and the like, which allow giant corporations - such as Wal-Mart, BP, and Citigroup - to keep huge profits out of sight of investors, regulators, and the public." "Trained as a reporter and a private investigator, William Brittain-Catlin brings the skills of both fields to this book. He tells the story of how tax havens have become central to global finance today; in so doing, he takes us into the secret operations of Enron and Parmalat, behind international trade disputes, and into organized crime and terror networks, providing evidence that, through offshore practices, the key value of capitalism and civilization alike - freedom - is being put in grave danger."--BOOK JACKET.
588 _aMachine converted from AACR2 source record.
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650 0 _aTransnational crime
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651 0 _aCayman Islands
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