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Offshore : tax havens and the rule of global crime / Alain Deneault ; translated from the French by George Holoch.

Author/creator Deneault, Alain, 1970-
Other author/creatorHoloch, George.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York : New Press ; [Jackson, Tenn.] : Distributed by Perseus Distribution, ©2011.
Descriptionxi, 210 pages ; 20 cm
Subject(s)
Uniform titleOffshore. English
Contents Death of a fiscal principle -- Recollection of supreme power -- The colonial genealogy of tax havens -- The creation of modern tax havens -- Criminal lairs -- A perfect union between legitimate states and tax havens -- Dens of industrial relocation -- Plunder registered offshore -- Delaware, USA : the domestic haven -- The comedy of the "fight against tax havens" -- Two-headed Europe -- The reduction of democracies to legalistic states -- Offshore sovereignty -- An offshore mass esthetic -- Secrecy.
Abstract Examines how the vast network of unregulated financial centers around the globe act as bases of operation for criminal enterprises and corrupt corporations.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [191]-210).
LCCN 2011020031
ISBN9781595586483 (hc. : alk. paper)
ISBN1595586482 (hc. : alk. paper)

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