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Moneyland是作者布洛(0liver Bullough)的自创术语,形容一个由无法无天,超越国界的超级巨富所组成的秘密“国度”。
这群富豪(其中最大的一部分是来自前苏的强盗大亨)在遍布世界各地的律师、会计、银行家的掩护下,把从贫穷且治理不良的国家中偷来的钱转移,投资到安全可靠的富裕国家。本书可以让你了解他们如何聚敛财富,欧洲和美国的官僚体系如何沦为洗钱机器,明白与腐败危险的客户交易的代价,以及发现世界各地活动家们如何做出英勇的反击。
书名:Moneyland: Why Thieves and Crooks Now Rule the World and How To Take It Back《金钱之地》
作者:Oliver Bullough
简介:From ruined towns on the edge of Siberia, to Bond-villain lairs in Knightsbridge and Manhattan, something has gone wrong with the workings of the world.
Once upon a time, if an official stole money, there wasn't much he could do with it. He could buy himself a new car or build himself a nice house or give it to his friends and family, but that was about it. If he kept stealing, the money would just pile up in his house until he had no rooms left to put it in, or it was eaten by mice.
And then some bankers in London had a bright idea.
Join the investigative journalist Oliver Bullough on a journey into Moneyland - the secret country of the lawless, stateless superrich.
Learn how the institutions of Europe and the United States have become money-laundering operations, undermining the foundations of Western stability. Discover the true cost of being open for business no matter how corrupt and dangerous the customer. Meet the kleptocrats. Meet their awful children. And find out how heroic activists around the world are fighting back.
This is the story of wealth and power in the 21st century. It isn't too late to change it.