Shaxson, Nicholas, <br/><br/>
The finance curse :  how global finance is making us all poorer / 
Nicholas Shaxson. 
 - 360 pages 
<br/><br/> "Global finance is a system that works for the few and against the many.<br/><br/>We need finance – but when finance grows too big it becomes a curse. The City of London is the single biggest drain on our resources; it sucks talent out of every sphere, it siphons wealth and hoovers up government time. Yet to be ‘competitive’, we’re told we must turn a blind eye to money-laundering and appease big business with tax cuts. We are told global finance is about wealth creation; the reality is wealth extraction.<br/><br/>Tracing the curse back through economic history, Shaxson uncovers how we got to this point. He exposes offshore tax havens; the uncontrolled growth of monopolies; the myths around the Celtic Tiger and its low corporate tax rate; the bizarre industry of wealth management; the destructive horrors of private equity; and the sinister ‘Competitiveness Agenda’.<br/><br/>Nicholas Shaxson revealed the dark heart of tax havens long before the Panama and Paradise Papers. Now he tells the explosive story of how finance established a stranglehold on society and points us towards a way out.<br/><br/>This is a book that none of us can afford to ignore" (publisher's website) 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781847925381 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>TheRandomHouseGroup240800  Ingram Content Group 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB8E9220  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>International finance.<br/>International finance--Social aspects<br/>Globalization--Social aspects.<br/>Financial services industry.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>332.042