عالم التمويل الخارجي (الأوفشور): الثروة المتخفية والاستعمار الجديد

This book deals with the phenomenon of offshore finance and describes it as a secret system that perpetuates the accumulation of wealth among the wealthy in situations of evasion of legal oversight. In this book, Brooke Harrington seeks to reveal the mechanisms of operation of this system and its impact on the erosion of democratic institutions, the weakening of the capitalist economy, the weakening of the state’s ability to provide public services, and the destruction of the environment. It exposes a parallel space, known as the “offshore world,” a space based on a hidden system that allows them to evade tax obligations, circumvent environmental and labor laws, and bypass political campaign financing systems and other laws that are seen as obstacles to their economic interests. Outside **](https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324110323)"_, sociologist Brooke Harrington reveals how this system works, and how it undermines the democracy, economy, and public services we all depend on. Harrington spent eight years delving into this secret world by training as a wealth manager, moving between glamorous European and North American capitals, developing countries in South America and Africa, and islands in the Indian Ocean, Caribbean and South Pacific. Through interviews with dozens of wealth managers in nineteen countries, Harrington reveals how this global network of offshore financial centers emerged from colonial legacies and created a new imperial hidden class. This in-depth and engaging analysis reveals the cost of external finance to us all, and how it has colonized the world - not for the benefit of any particular country, but for the benefit of a hidden empire of a few thousand billionaires, who appropriate the best that society has to offer while burdening us. As politicians struggle to address the growing economic and political inequality that is destabilizing the world, Harrington's exposé of the offshore financing system is a vital resource for understanding the most serious crises of our time.