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Like just as european nobles used to consolidate their unaccountable powers in castles, to better subjugate and extract tribute from the surrounding peasantry, so financial capital has coalesced in these fortified nodes of unaccountable political and economic power, capturing local politics. Volg je bestelling, betaal facturen of retourneer een artikel. Treasure islands offers insight into one of the darkest parts of the financial world. When jim hawkins finds billy bones old pirate map showing a small island marked with a red cross, he knows that a fortune in gold lies waiting for him.
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In this hard hitting investigation he uncovers how offshore tax evasion, which has cost the u. Treasure islands uncovering the damage of offshore banking and tax havens. The admiral benbow inn, bristol, the hispaniola, and treasure island. Nicholas shaxson, a former correspondent for the financial times and the. Treasure islands tax havens and the men who stole the world nicholas shaxson london. In treasure islands, nicholas shaxson shows how this happened, and what this means for you. Right from the racy opening chapter where the young hero jim hawkins encounters a mysterious guest, billy bones, at. Treasure islands by nicholas shaxson penguin books new. Treasure island is an adventure novel by scottish author robert louis stevenson, narrating a tale of buccaneers and buried gold. Its influence is enormous on popular perceptions of pirates, including such elements as treasure maps marked with an x, schooners, the black spot, tropical islands, and onelegged seamen bearing parrots on their shoulders.
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