Offshore

If you want a quick and easy introduction to offshore financial flows, this book is for you. It's not about the lifestyles of the rich and famous. It's about a system (Harrington is a sociologist, after all). A system that is deleterious to democracy, social stability, and the environment. The book covers the origins of the offshore system (how come almost all the offshore centers outside of Europe used to be British colonies?), and depicts it as a colonial imperialism without borders. It also explains what kinds of strategies might work against it. This book should be read in tandem with Anne Applebaum's Autocracy Inc as the the offshore system is widely used by the world's autocrats. Very relevant for our times.