Trade and investments can play a profoundly productive role on the world economy. But so much of the capital flows that we see are associated with money laundering, tax evasion, and the wholesale larceny of assets often of very poor countries. These thefts are greatly facilitated by special tax and accounting rules or designed to “attract capital” and embodying obscure and opaque mechanisms. Shaxson does an outstanding and socially valuable job in penetrating the impenetrable and finds a deeply shocking world

Nicholas Stern,

Trade and investments can play a profoundly productive role on the world economy. But so much of the capital flows that we see are associated with money laundering, tax evasion, and the wholesale larceny of assets often of very poor countries. These thefts are greatly facilitated by special tax and accounting rules or designed to “attract capital” and embodying obscure and opaque mechanisms. Shaxson does an outstanding and socially valuable job in penetrating the impenetrable and finds a deeply shocking world

Nicholas Stern,

At last, a readable – indeed gripping – book which explains the nuts and bolts of tax havens. More importantly, it lays bare the mechanism that financial capital has been using to stay in charge: capturing government policy-making around the world, shaking off such irritants as democracy and the rule of law, and making sure that suckers like you and me pay for its operators' opulent lifestyles
Misha Glenny, author of McMafia,

At last, a readable – indeed gripping – book which explains the nuts and bolts of tax havens. More importantly, it lays bare the mechanism that financial capital has been using to stay in charge: capturing government policy-making around the world, shaking off such irritants as democracy and the rule of law, and making sure that suckers like you and me pay for its operators' opulent lifestyles
Misha Glenny, author of McMafia,

Treasure Islands is the best book on tax havens, ever. It shines a light in some very dark places. It reads like a thriller. The shocking thing is, it's all true. The world's suppliers of corruption services – the bankers, lawyers and accountants working from tax havens – won't want you to read this book. Which is exactly why you should
Richard Murphy, Director of Tax Research UK,

Treasure Islands is the best book on tax havens, ever. It shines a light in some very dark places. It reads like a thriller. The shocking thing is, it's all true. The world's suppliers of corruption services – the bankers, lawyers and accountants working from tax havens – won't want you to read this book. Which is exactly why you should
Richard Murphy, Director of Tax Research UK,

The struggle against money power is a struggle for human freedom, and Nicholas Shaxson's investigation is a timely exposé of where the plunder is buried
John Pilger, broadcaster and author of Heroes,

The struggle against money power is a struggle for human freedom, and Nicholas Shaxson's investigation is a timely exposé of where the plunder is buried
John Pilger, broadcaster and author of Heroes,

Far more than an exposé, Treasure Islands is a brilliantly illuminating, forensic analysis of where economic power really lies, and the shockingly corrupt way in which it behaves. If you're wondering how ordinary people ended up paying for a crisis caused by the reckless greed of the banking industry, this compellingly readable book provides the answers
David Wearing, co-editor of New Left Project,

Far more than an exposé, Treasure Islands is a brilliantly illuminating, forensic analysis of where economic power really lies, and the shockingly corrupt way in which it behaves. If you're wondering how ordinary people ended up paying for a crisis caused by the reckless greed of the banking industry, this compellingly readable book provides the answers
David Wearing, co-editor of New Left Project,

They who sold us globalisation as a way of the whole world getting richer with fair rules, cheated us by letting the rich and powerful go 'offshore'. This gripping exposé should help end the scandal
Anthony Barnett, founder of openDemocracy,

They who sold us globalisation as a way of the whole world getting richer with fair rules, cheated us by letting the rich and powerful go 'offshore'. This gripping exposé should help end the scandal
Anthony Barnett, founder of openDemocracy,

In this riveting, well-written expose, Shaxson goes deep into the largely unexamined realm of offshore money. In the process, he reveals that this shadow world is no mere sideshow, but is troublingly central to modern finance, with the US and the UK as leaders. The resulting abuses are widespread, ranging from tax revenue stripping from African nations to individuals and corporations escaping enforcement and accountability. A must read for anyone who wants to understand the hidden reasons why financial services firms have become so powerful and impossible to reform
Yves Smith, creator of Naked Capitalism and author of Econned,

In this riveting, well-written expose, Shaxson goes deep into the largely unexamined realm of offshore money. In the process, he reveals that this shadow world is no mere sideshow, but is troublingly central to modern finance, with the US and the UK as leaders. The resulting abuses are widespread, ranging from tax revenue stripping from African nations to individuals and corporations escaping enforcement and accountability. A must read for anyone who wants to understand the hidden reasons why financial services firms have become so powerful and impossible to reform
Yves Smith, creator of Naked Capitalism and author of Econned,

Shaxson combines meticulous research with amusing anecdotes, resulting in a very readable account of the murky world of offshore and a strong moral message that the system needs to be changed.
Financial Times

Shaxson combines meticulous research with amusing anecdotes, resulting in a very readable account of the murky world of offshore and a strong moral message that the system needs to be changed.
Financial Times

Possibly the most important political book that I have read since The Spirit Level
Stuart Weir, co-founder of Charter 88, former editor of the New Statesman,

Possibly the most important political book that I have read since The Spirit Level
Stuart Weir, co-founder of Charter 88, former editor of the New Statesman,

A gobsmacking indictment of a global conspiracy that makes City bonuses seem like small change
The Herald

A gobsmacking indictment of a global conspiracy that makes City bonuses seem like small change
The Herald

Perhaps the most important book published in the UK so far this year.
George Mombiot, Guardian

Perhaps the most important book published in the UK so far this year.
George Mombiot, Guardian

He has prised the lid off an important and terrifying can of worms.
Martin Vander Weyer, Literary Review

He has prised the lid off an important and terrifying can of worms.
Martin Vander Weyer, Literary Review

Lively and well-written book...
Toby Young, Mail on Sunday

Lively and well-written book...
Toby Young, Mail on Sunday