By tax havens, by unaccountable bankers, trust lawyers, lobbyists and yes, taxfree real estate magnates. The worlds suppliers of corruption services the bankers, lawyers and accountants working from tax havens wont want you to read this book. The mayfair hedge fund that employed me had only a spectral presence in the caymans. Make your las vegas hotel reservation at treasure island ti hotel casino and resort. An old sailor, calling himself the captain but really called billy bones, comes to lodge at the admiral benbow inn on the english coast during the mid 1700s, paying the innkeepers son, jim hawkins, a few pennies to keep a lookout for seafaring men. Nicholas shaxson, in league with the tax justice network, dives deep into the secret world of tax havens and. Tax information statement current ti players club members can access annual winloss statements by logging on to their account online.
Nicholas shaxson treasure islands part 01 audiobook youtube. Treasure islands is the best book on tax havens, ever. I am also mourning the death of the legendary chris. Although i have had some experience with the subject before, i was shocked at the scale that tax fraud and secrecy has reached. Following his revealing book treasure islands, nicholas shaxson came to full circle to have a highly charged discussion with our members. Treasure islands by nicholas shaxson penguin books australia.
Treasure islands offers insight into one of the darkest parts of the financial world. Treasure islands, nicholas shaxsons excellent book on the global offshore tax system. It has become the bible of the uk uncut movement, a grassroots effort to stop budget cuts and make corporate tax dodgers pay. Remembering having read the book as a young man, i was eager to reexperience the joy of this classic treasure yarn. Treasure islands, nicholas shaxsons readable take on the offshore financial network, takes a broad lens to dubious tax evasion and the associated public complacency. Treasure islands was released in the uk in january and quickly became a best selling nonfiction book. He has worked as a parttime writer and researcher for the tax justice network, an expertled lobbying group focused on the harmful impacts of tax avoidance, tax competition and tax havens. It also stops to occasionally acknowledge the advantages that a half century of international deregulation has handed to contemporary transnational criminals.
He is best known for his investigative books poisoned wells 2007 and treasure islands 2011. Treasure island is an adventure novel by scottish author robert louis stevenson, narrating a tale of buccaneers and buried gold. Tax havens and the men who stole the world 2011 is a nonfiction book about the secretive role of offshore banks and tax havens in global economic affairs. Additional information regarding casino credit is available from ti casino marketing by calling toll free 18009443777. Tax havens and the men who stole the world by nicholas shaxson. Apr 04, 2011 author nicholas shaxson has undertaken a big task with the book treasure islands. Kudrle t wo recent works with the same title suggest radically different views of the role of tax havens in the global economy.
How globalization really works at last, a readable indeed gripping book which explains the nuts and bolts of tax havens. Although i have had some experience with the subject before, i was shocked. Dirty money, tax havens and the offshore system describe the ugliest and most secretive chapter in the history of global economic affairs. Treasure islands a fascinating, chilling book paul. Uncovering the damage of offshore banking and tax havens. Treasure islands a new book about tax havens by nicholas. It was easy to forget, walking to work in the freezing january rain, that we were a caribbean business. Casino casino credit and tax information treasure island. The book was written by nicholas shaxson, a political analyst and associate fellow of the royal institute of international affairs. Shaxson has undertaken a big task with the book treasure islands. Treasure islands shines the light on some very dark places.
Tax havens are highly damaging to all but the tiny percentage of people who can afford to use them, and they contribute to the growing gap between rich and poor. Treasure islands uncovering the damage of offshore banking and tax havens book. Friday 4th february, 10am12pm coffee and tea from 9. Apr 14, 2011 in his book nicholas shaxson takes a critical look at offshore tax havens which cost the u. Dirty money, tax havens and the men who stole your cash nicholas shaxson vintage books 2012 rating this is the ugliest chapter in global economic a. Because of tax havens aka offshore jurisdictions, we have one set of rules for the rich and powerful and another set of. With eye opening revelations, treasure islands exposes the culprits and its victims, and shows how. About the author 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. 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. A couple of years ago, the journalist nicholas shaxson published a fascinating, chilling book, treasure islands, which explained how international tax havens which are also, as the author pointed. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Nicholas shaxsons new book subjects such financial skulduggery to ferocious scrutiny.
Treasure islands by nicholas shaxson, 9780099541721, available at book. Tax havens and the men who stole the world 2011 is a non fiction book about the secretive role of offshore banks and tax havens in global. Treasure islands and global tax dodgers beacon broadside. Jan 06, 2011 treasure islands is an investigation into the world that many of us have heard of but who few of us have had direct interaction. A thrilling ride inside the world of tax havens and corporate mas. Ft alphaville treasure islands has prised the lid off an important and terrifying can of worms. Treasure island, classic adventure novel by robert louis stevenson that was serialized in the magazine young folks in 188182 under the title the seacook. Never losing its focus on how companies and individuals, with the collusion of governments, use tax avoidance to cheat those who are less fortunate, treasure islands tells the history of tax havens. Treasure islands book columbus metropolitan library.
Bermudas a treasure island january 8, 2011 bermuda is singled out as one of the offshore tax havens that sink nations in an upcoming book and accompanying documentary by. Bermuda offshore treasure island tax nicholas shaxson book. The antiglobalisation movement tapped into an uneasiness, felt by millions, that something was rotten in the world economy. Treasure islands has prised the lid off an important. Those are the principal arguments nicholas shaxson makes in his eyeopening book treasure islands, which explains how and why wealthy individuals and corporations use tax havens to escape taxes and regulations. Treasure islands goodreads meet your next favorite book. How to crack down on tax havens my article in foreign affairs. E 1st street, w 1st street, e 2nd street, e 3rd street, e 4th street, e 5th street, s 6th avenue, e 6th street, e 7th street, e 8th street. We are witnessing the greatest shift of wealth from poor to rich in history. But the task is well worthy of examination, as it is so vital to the. Wheres the organised civil society pushback on big finance and monopolies. Treasure islands, relaunched for truxit treasure islands.
Feb 18, 2012 treasure islands is the best book on tax havens, ever. Although not the first book about pirates, treasure island is considered by many to be the best. In his book nicholas shaxson takes a critical look at offshore tax havens which cost the u. E 9th street, 85th avenue, 92nd avenue, 94th avenue, 95th avenue, 104th avenue, 107th. Treasure islands a new book about tax havens by nicholas shaxson january 9, 2011 where. The role of tax havens in the global economy by robert t. May 17, 2015 following his revealing book treasure islands, nicholas shaxson came to full circle to have a highly charged discussion with our members among them some senior decision makers in finance and. Shaxton has done a lot of travelling to these places and explains to us how they have become a fixture of the international marketplace. Treasure island 3 introduction to treasure island during the summer of twothousand, i had the fortunate opportunity to read a copy of robert louis stevensons treasure island.
Trump, with all his shocking personality flaws, is not an obvious candidate to reverse this deep corruption. Treasure islands is an investigation into the world that many of us have heard of but who few of us have had direct interaction. How globalization really works at last, a readableindeed gripping book which explains the nuts and bolts of tax havens. Nicholas shaxson born 1966 is a british author, journalist and investigator. It explains how wealthy people and corporations are able to avoid paying taxes by relocating their assets offshore. Nicholas shaxson we are witnessing the greatest shift of wealth from poor to rich in history. Tax havens and the men who stole the world 9 by nicholas shaxson isbn.
This is, in one sense, a dismaying big bang of a book. Tax havens and the men who stole the world, by nicholas shaxson, bodley head, rrp. Treasure islands brilliantly articulates the problem in a completely new way, and exposes the deep corruption that impacts on our daily lives. Apr 15, 2011 treasure islands was released in the uk in january and quickly became a best selling nonfiction book.
Following his revealing book treasure islands, nicholas shaxson came to full circle to have a highly charged discussion with our members among them. Oct 02, 2018 nicholas shaxson treasure islands part 01. This is the ugliest chapter in global economic affairs since slavery and secretive offshore tax havens are at the heart of the trouble. Check room rates, hotel packages, booking deals and promotion codes. Treasure island ti hotel las vegas strip room rates. Writing a book on the dodgy nature of tax havens is, in the current climate. One of these shows up, frightening billy who drinks far too much rum into a stroke, and. Author nicholas shaxson has undertaken a big task with the book treasure islands. Apr 12, 2011 tax havens are where all these players get to maximize their own rewards and leave the middle class to pick up the bill.
857 856 1209 188 1283 1655 416 1508 484 335 925 1255 361 1430 848 1517 1242 414 1285 1569 1252 1333 1629 1068 1487 124 648 364 70 756 177 1413 1391 244 165 287 1320 165 118 117 705 435 219 1159 1197 151 1328 1366