Treasure Islands - Tax Havens and the Men Who Stole the World

Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Shaxson is the author of Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men who Stole the World and Poisoned Wells: the Dirty Politics of African Oil. He is a journalist, a campaigner and world expert on both tax havens and financial centres; and on the Resource Curse. His writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, Financial Times, The Economist, The Economist Intelligence Unit, and many others. He is part of the organisation the Tax Justice Network. Klappentext Nicholas Shaxson is the author of Poisoned Wells, the Dirty Politics of African Oil, and an experienced journalist who has written regularly for the Financial Times , The Economist , Vanity Fair and many others. Zusammenfassung Billionaire Warren Buffet, currently the third wealthiest man in the world, paid the lowest rate of tax among his office staff, including his receptionist. Tax havens are the most important single reason why poor people and poor countries stay poor. The author shows how this happened, and what this means for you.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Shaxson, Shaxson Nicholas
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.01.2012
• EAN: 9780099541721
• ISBN: 978-0-09-954172-1
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Series: VINTAGE BOOKS
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Taxation / Corporate, Politics & government, Political Economy, Taxation, c 2000 to c 2010, c 2000 to c 2009, Politics and government, Public finance and taxation, Corporate and business tax