Treasure Islands

Last updated

Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men who Stole the World
Treasure Islands.jpg
First edition (UK)
Author Nicholas Shaxson
LanguageEnglish
Publisher The Bodley Head (UK)
St. Martin's Press (US)
Publication date
6 January 2011
Publication placeUnited Kingdom

Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men who Stole the World (2011) is a non-fiction book about the secretive role of offshore banks and tax havens in global economic affairs. The book was written by Nicholas Shaxson, a political analyst and associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. It was first published on 6 January 2011. [1] [2]

Contents

The publication is promoted by the Tax Justice Network.

Content

Reviews

Reviews have mostly been positive:

Adaptation

A documentary thriller called Cashback was being produced and due for release in 2012, but as of 2015 didn't work out, as noted by Nicholas Shaxson. [10] [11] It was to be directed by the two British brothers, Marc and Nick Francis, the film makers behind the award-winning film Black Gold . [1]

Awards and honors

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Shaxson, Nicholas, The truth about tax havens, The Guardian , 8 January 2011
  2. Book: Bermuda’s A "Treasure Island", Bernews.com, 8 January 2011
  3. Britain must take the lead in a bold move to close tax havens, The Guardian , 24 March 2012
  4. Swiss take fall as US and UK 'havens' thrive: report, The Local – Switzerland's News in English, 3 April 2012
  5. The third British Empire, Aljazeera , 28 March 2012
  6. Colm, Keena. "The offshore havens that sink nations", Irish Times , 8 January 2011.
  7. Ross, Alice. "Treasure Islands", Financial Times , 17 January 2011.
  8. Folbre, Nancy. "Time to black-list the tax haven whitewash", New York Times , 14 April 2012.
  9. Cotterill, Joseph. "Between Greek default and dodgy Russians", Seeking Alpha , 20 April 2011.
  10. Shaxson, Nicholas. "Cashback – the documentary thriller". Treasure Islands. Archived from the original on 14 January 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  11. "About". CASHBACK. 1 August 2015. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  12. Alison Flood (6 March 2012). "New prize for radical writing announces shortlist". TheGuardian.com . Retrieved 2 May 2012.