Tax Havens: How Globalization Really Works
ISBN: 9780801468568
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Cornell University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Tax havens; Tax evasion; International finance; Globalization;

This book provide an up-to-date evaluation of the role and function of tax havens in the global financial system--their history, inner workings, impact, extent, and enforcement. They make clear that tax havens have a major impact on the global economy.


Ronen Palan is Professor of International Political Economy at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of The Offshore World: Sovereign Markets, Virtual Places, and Nomad Millionaires , also from Cornell. Richard Murphy is CEO of Tax Research, LLP, based in the UK. He is a frequent adviser to the media, NGOs, and politicians, and writes a blog at taxresearch.org.uk. Christian Chavagneux, based in Paris, is deputy editor in chief of Alternatives Economiques and editor of L'Economie politique .

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