Offshore: Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism

by Brooke Harrington

Book Overview

How do the rich keep getting richer, while dodging the long arm of the law? From playboy billionaires avoiding taxes on private islands to Russian oligarchs sailing away from sanctions on their superyachts, the ultra-rich seem to live in a different world from the rest of us. That world is called offshore. Hidden from view, the world's ultra-rich can use offshore finance to escape tax obligations, labor and environmental safety regulations, campaign...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324110325
• ISBN13: 9781324110323
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 176 Pages