Oliver Bullough starts off this non-fiction journey into offshore tax enclaves by walking the reader through the opulent mansion that the former Ukrainian president built with his stolen money and it is a damning introduction to the harm wrought by offshore money. Bullough’s thesis is that offshore money harms everyone- not just developing nations where corruption seems most apparent, but also developed countries who miss out on significant tax revenue and suffer increasing inequality when such corruption is allowed to flourish. He traces the global […]
This is why we can’t have nice things
Moneyland by Oliver Bullough