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The Offshore World: Sovereign Markets, Virtual Places, and Nomad Millionaires
Ronen Palan
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Description for The Offshore World: Sovereign Markets, Virtual Places, and Nomad Millionaires
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8. BIC Classification: JPQB; JPS; KCBM; KCP; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
The atlas of contemporary capitalism is curious indeed. A desperately poor and civil-war-wracked nation, Liberia, is the world's shipping superpower; the Cayman Islands the fifth-largest financial center in the world; land-locked Zurich a venerable offshore banking center. Indeed, it is estimated that half of the global stock of money passes through tax havens. The logic of the offshore world, where millionaires and corporations roam in search of financial advantage, is slippery. It challenges many conventional assumptions about power and economics.In the single most comprehensive account of the offshore economy, Ronen Palan investigates the legal spaces, unregulated and yet ... Read more
The atlas of contemporary capitalism is curious indeed. A desperately poor and civil-war-wracked nation, Liberia, is the world's shipping superpower; the Cayman Islands the fifth-largest financial center in the world; land-locked Zurich a venerable offshore banking center. Indeed, it is estimated that half of the global stock of money passes through tax havens. The logic of the offshore world, where millionaires and corporations roam in search of financial advantage, is slippery. It challenges many conventional assumptions about power and economics.In the single most comprehensive account of the offshore economy, Ronen Palan investigates the legal spaces, unregulated and yet ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Weight
470g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801440557
SKU
V9780801440557
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Ref
99-17
About Ronen Palan
Ronen Palan is Professor of International Political Economy at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of (published by Cornell); the coauthor of (also from Cornell); ; and (with Christian Chavagneux) ; and the coeditor of and .
Reviews for The Offshore World: Sovereign Markets, Virtual Places, and Nomad Millionaires
The Offshore World is a subtle and intriguing look at one of the global economy's most prominent features. -Debora Spar, Harvard Business School The Offshore World explores the important concept of 'offshore' with a high level of detail and theoretical sophistication. Ronen Palan illuminates aspects of state sovereignty that have not been fully described elsewhere. This book will extend ... Read more