Spiderweb Capitalism Audiobook Libro.fm

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In 2015 the anonymous leak of the Panama Papers brought to light millions of financial and legal documents exposing how the superrich hide their money using complex webs of offshore vehicles Spiderweb Capitalism takes you inside this shadow economy uncovering the mechanics behind the invisible mundane networks of lawyers accountants company secretaries and fixers who facilitate the illicit movement of wealth across borders and around the globe

Kimberly Kay Hoang conducted hundreds of indepth interviews with private wealth managers fund managers entrepreneurs Csuite executives bankers auditors and other financial professionals She traces the flow of capital from offshore funds in places like the Cayman Islands Samoa and Panama to specialpurpose vehicles and holding companies in Singapore and Hong Kong and how it finds its way into risky markets onshore in Vietnam and Myanmar Hoang reveals the strategies behind spiderweb capitalism and examines the moral dilemmas of making money in legal financial and political gray zones

Spiderweb Capitalism sheds critical light on how global elites capitalize on risky frontier markets and deepens our understanding of the paradoxical ways in which global economic growth is sustained through states where the line separating the legal from the corrupt is not always clear