Podcast appearances and mentions of Nicholas Shaxson

Nicholas Shaxson, author and expert on the global economic system, looks at the intricate web of global finance, exploring the unseen forces shaping our economies and societies and exposing the hidden impacts of tax deregulation and monopolistic market practices. From the United Kingdom's economic struggles to the pervasiveness of big tech firms, this episode unveils the hidden mechanisms of monopolistic power, particularly in the energy and financial sectors, and shows how their immense power affects everything from income inequality to climate action. Nicholas sheds light on the profound effects on workers, consumers, and democracy, and the emerging global movement challenging these monopolies as well as the detrimental effects these have on societal wellbeing and long-term growth. As we navigate a world shaped by recent economic shifts, Nicholas explores the complexities of regulatory challenges, offering a pathway towards a more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable economy. Join us in uncovering the intricacies of monopolistic power and learn how addressing these economic forces can pave the way for a wellbeing economy that caters to the needs of society and the planet.SystemShift comes from Greenpeace Nordic and is hosted by Greenpeace Sweden campaigner, Carl Schlyter, and produced by Alexia Fridén, with additional support from Zane Ford, Christian Aslund and Attila Kulcsár. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Spain, an unlikely left-leaning coalition has managed to block the right from taking power; in the Netherlands, the far-right has come out on top. This week we're talking about two very different political situations with the help of Politico reporter Aitor Hernández-Morales and producer Katz Laszlo in Amsterdam.  You can follow Aitor on Twitter here and read his reporting here. Our episode about life as an undocumented person in the Netherlands, ‘Mohamed', is here. Thanks for listening! If you enjoy our podcast and would like to help us keep making it, we'd love it if you'd consider chipping in a few bucks a month at ⁠⁠patreon.com/europeanspodcast⁠⁠ (many currencies are available). You can also help new listeners find the show by ⁠⁠leaving us a review⁠⁠ or giving us five stars on Spotify.  This week's Inspiration Station offerings: ‘Anatomy of a Fall', ‘Ordinary People', and ‘Treasure Islands' by Nicholas Shaxson.  Producers: Katz Laszlo and Katy Lee Mixing and mastering: Wojciech Oleksiak Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ | Bluesky | ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠hello@europeanspodcast.com⁠

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Nicholas Shaxson, author of The Finance Curse was my guest on today’s show. The Finance Curse lays out the case that an over-sized financial sector can be as much of a drain on a country’s economy as a resource like oil or copper, where one industry sucks money, talent, and investment out of other sectors of the economy. If you haven’t already and you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to this podcast and our mailing list, and don’t forget, my book, the Brexit: The Establishment Civil War, is now available for pre-order on Amazon. You’ll find the link in the description below. PRE ORDER BREXIT:THE ESTABLISHMENT CIVIL WAR HERE Get 25% off podcast hosting with Podiant RESOURCES Order The Finance Curse Here https://www.theguardian.com/profile/nicholas-shaxson https://twitter.com/nickshaxson https://financecurse.net/ https://www.taxjustice.net/taxjustice-team/nicholas-shaxson/ https://www.taxjustice.net/author/nick/ Follow us on Facebook or Twitter or sign up for our mailing list here to get information on my upcoming book, Brexit: The Establishment Civil War. Music from Just Jim - https://soundcloud.com/justjim

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Hello podcast listeners, Today is a very special episode with Nicholas Shaxson, journalist and investigator. He has written for Financial Times, Reuters, the Economist and Vanity fairs on global business and politics since 1993. He authored several books including “Treasure Islands” and his most recent book, “The Finance Curse: How Global Finance is Making us All Poorer.” In today’s episode we discuss the Finance Curse and the current state of the financial system. Enjoy and thanks for the listen!

Nicholas Shaxson is a renowned financial journalist from Germany who authored the book, The Finance Curse: How global finance is making us all poorer. He is a journalist, campaigner, and world expert on both tax havens and financial centers, as well as the resource curse. His writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, the Financial Times, the Economist, the Economist Intelligence Unit, and many others. On this episode, Nick talks about his take on the issues in the economy based on his experiences. He shares his insights about the schemes in the business industry which poses a great danger to the economy and democracy. During the discussion, he delves into the paradox of financialization to a country and enlightens the listeners to the idea of monopoly and imbalance to the business. This episode reveals the problems that an investor may encounter in the business industry. Where we are: Johnny FD - Sri Lanka Sam Marks - North Carolina Links: Book - The Finance Curse by Nicholas Shaxson Sponsor: AutomationFinance.com/Boss Time Stamps: 07:44 - How Nick conceptualized ideas for his book 13:51 – What are the impacts of the financial curse to a country? 16:18 – Understanding the financialization of an economy 19:23 – How monopoly is related to the corporate imbalance 24:41 – The harms that tax haven bring to a country/state 28:09 – Downsides of investing to a private equity 30:17 – “Private equity is a profitable business but the problem is that they make very high internal returns” – Nicholas Shaxson 35:30 – Difference in banking system between the UK and USA 38:15 – How powerful people control the market and the economy of the country 40:25 – Most corrupt and rotten banks in the history 44:15 – “I’m a strong believer that tax havens have been a very negative problem for the world economy; and similarly, finance being too big is something that I would like to change” - Nicholas Shaxson 50:53 – The problem of a growing company If you enjoyed this episode, do us a favor and share it! Also if you haven't already, please take a minute to leave us a 5-star review on iTunes and claim your bonus here!  Copyright 2020. All rights reserved. Read our disclaimer here.

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Nicholas Shaxson, author of The Finance Curse, joins the podcast to discuss his thesis, that the financial sector is at the root of many problems facing economies and society, and where to look for possible solutions. Content The paradox: Too much finance can make you poorer (1:47) How did we get here? (3:11) Angola as the genesis of the finance curse concept (7:58) Rising inequality. Where might solutions lie? (14:11) Debunking private equity (18:34) Antitrust solutions may be the answer (27:06) What sectors are most at risk? (33:19) For More Information The Finance Curse book website, including ordering information (Or just go to the Amazon page directly) Nick's Twitter account Nick's Guardian articles Nicholas Shaxson Wikipedia page  

Nicholas Shaxson unveils the secrets of the seriously, filthy rich and talks me through how many of the world's offshore tax havens are not only tropical islands, but actually British & OECD territories. Just what effect does that shadowy 'spider web' network of wealth extraction have on our societies? How are offshore tax havens central to the global economy? What is the finance curse? Listen to find out more! Tax Havens + Treasure Islands + Finance Curse + Tax Justice Network + #DNL15 ----more---- Nicholas Shaxson (Journalist, author Treasure Islands & Finance Curse, UK/DE) Nicholas Shaxson: The Finance Curse The Guardian: How the outsized power of the city of London makes Britain poorer Open Democracy: The men who stole the world The Finance Curse: Buy the Book Tax Justice Network: Nicholas Shaxson Tax Justice Network: Finance Curse The Guardian: Finance Curse Review The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire Nicholas Shaxson: Treasure Islands Twitter: @nickshaxson Nicholas Shaxson is a British writer, journalist and investigator. He is author of the acclaimed books The Finance Curse: How Global Finance is Making us all Poorer (2018); Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men Who Stole the World (2012); and Poisoned Wells: the Dirty Politics of African Oil (2007). He is a writer and researcher for the Tax Justice Network, an expert-led group focused on tax and tax havens. In 2012 the International Tax Review named him as one of its “Global Tax 50” most influential people in international tax. He has written for The Financial Times, Reuters, Vanity Fair, the Economist and the BBC, as well as many other publications. Nicholas Shaxson Photo credit: Mark Garner (Grove Atlantic) Watch the Documentary: 'The Spider's Web' At the demise of empire, City of London financial interests created a web of secrecy jurisdictions that captured wealth from across the globe and hid it in a web of offshore islands. Today, up to half of global offshore wealth is hidden in British jurisdictions and Britain and its dependencies are the largest global players in the world of international finance. The Spider's Web was written, directed and produced by Michael Oswald, and was substantially inspired by Nicholas Shaxson's book Treasure Islands, an extensive éxpose on the global consequences of tax havens. For those interested to learn more about tax justice and financial secrecy, read about the Tax Justice Network's campaigning and regular blogs - become part of the movement for change and listen to the Tax Justice Network's monthly podcast: the Taxcast. HIDDEN TREASURES How the Global Shadow Economy Drives Inequality WATCH VIDEO Nicholas Shaxson (Journalist, author of Treasure Islands, and Finance Curse, UK/DE), Maira Martini (Senior Policy Advisor, Transparency International, BR/DE). Moderated by Simon Shuster (Reporter for TIME, RU/DE). This panel introduces the topic of offshore secrecy and tax havens bringing together two experts of the field. Nicholas Shaxson will refer to his book Treasure Islands: Dirty Money, Tax Havens and the Men Who Stole Your Cash, where he describes the connections between global economic affairs since slavery and secretive offshore tax havens. In his analysis, dirty money, tax havens and the offshore system contributed to generate global inequalities and shift of wealth from poor to rich, as well as undermining our democracies via financial deregulations. Maìra Martini will describe the schemes connecting shell companies, multiple offshore bank accounts, and money laundering, by referring to her work at Transparency International on a report on the role of banks in cross-border corruption cases. DARK HAVENS Confronting Hidden Money & Power #DNL15 DARK HAVENS brings together people from around the world who have been part of global investigations and leaks, have blown the whistle on corporations, been put on trial, and who have taken severe personal risks to confront hidden money and power. 15th conference of the Disruption Network Lab. Curated by Tatiana Bazzichelli. In cooperation with Transparency International. 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Is London’s financial sector too big? That’s the argument made in a book by former Economist contributor Nicholas Shaxson. In this UnPacked Short, Peter Franklin and Charlotte Pickles discuss how size is not the issue, it’s the type of activity the City undertakes that should concern us.

Oliver Bullough's book "Moneyland" delves into the parallel world of super-rich super-crooks, where rules are for the little people. He discusses wealth, corruption, tax havens and how to fix it all with Clara Ferreira Marques and Nicholas Shaxson, author of “The Finance Curse”. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the October 2018 Taxcast: we speak to Nicholas Shaxson about his new book "The Finance Curse: How Global Finance Is Making Us All Poorer" released alongside new research from the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute on the true costs of the City of London’s oversized finance sector to the British economy - £4.5 trillion in lost economic output over a 20 year period – that’s equivalent to £67,500 for every person in the UK, not far off $90,000. This research has serious implications for oversized financial centres everywhere. Also, we discuss the brutal murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the hypocrisy of the 'west' and corruption of democracy by dark money and national and international security threats not only from Russia, but also from China and, the most overlooked - the United States.

Heather Stewart is joined by Juliette Garside, Hilary Osborne, Phillip Inman and Nicholas Shaxson to discuss the industrial-scale tax avoidance revealed in the Paradise Papers leak. Plus Mark Wallace of ConservativeHome on the government's latest week from hell. Please support our work and help us keep the world informed. To fund us, go to https://www.theguardian.com/give/podcast

Yli puolet maailmankaupasta ja suurin osa rahoituslaitosten rahaliikenteestä kulkee veroparatiisien kautta. Noin 10 000 miljardia dollaria yksityistä omaisuutta on piilotettuna veroparatiiseihin. Jokaista kehitysmaiden saamaa tukidollaria kohti kymmenen dollaria virtaa laittomasti ulos, enimmäkseen veroparatiiseihin. Suuryritykset pitävät yhä suuremman osan varallisuudestaan veroparatiiseissa, ja pankit ovat niiden ylivoimaisesti suurimpia hyväksikäyttäjiä, kirjoittaa Nicholas Shaxson kirjassaan Aarresaaret: miehet jotka ryöstivät maailman (2012). Veroparatiisit ovat 1970-luvulta alkaen olleet keskeisesti mukana lähes kaikissa suurissa talousskandaaleissa ja jokaisessa finanssikriisissä, mukaan lukien viimeisimmässä maailmanlaajuisessa talouskriisissä. Ideaalit vapaista markkinoista, avoimesta kilpailusta ja tehokkaista markkinoista eivät toteudu, kun säännöt eivät ole kaikille samat. Kilpailua ei käydä ja voiteta tuotteiden ja palveluiden ominaisuuksilla vaan verokikkailulla. Likainen raha ja veroparatiisit ovat rumin ja salatuin luku globaalin talousjärjestelmän historiassa. Erehdysekspertissä puhutaan nyt siitä mistä taloustieteen oppikirjat eivät kerro. Raimo Tyykiluodon vieraana on Finnwatchin tutkija ja oikeudellinen asiantuntija Henri Telkki. Finnwatch on yritystoiminnan globaaleja vaikutuksia tutkiva kansalaisjärjestö, jonka taustalla on joukko suomalaisia kehitys-, ay- ja ympäristöjärjestöjä.

Eiendom er den nye trenden i skatteplanleggerverdenen! Vet du hvorfor en leilighet på Manhattan eller i London kalles den nye sveitsiske bankkontoen? Vet du at 30 prosent av eiendommene i London sentrum er eid av skallselskaper, det samme på Manhattan? Og at rike mennesker i fattige land bruke dyre leiligheter i Vesten til å gjemme unna penger fra beskatning? Nicholas Shaxson, journalist og forfatter, og jobber for Tax Justice Network i Storbritannia, forteller oss historien om One Hyde Park, verdens dyreste boligkompleks. Guttorm Schjelderup, professor i økonomi ved Norges Handelshøyskole i Bergen, og en av Norges fremste eksperter på skatteparadiser, forklarer oss hvorfor eiendom er så nyttig hvis du vil slippe skatt, og komme unna med det.Olav Salte Wiig, som skrev masteroppgave ved Norges Handelshøyskole i Bergen, fant ut at Storbritannia og USA har karakteristika av å være skatteparadiser når det kommer til eiendom.Foto: Rob Deutscher Follow/Wikimedia CommonsMusikk: bensound.com (http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music).

En este programa hablamos del referendo convocado por el presidente Rafael Correa sobre paraísos fiscales, del comienzo de la liga de futbol de España y qué otros jugadores, además de Messi, están en la mira por los derechos de imagen en paraísos fiscales, el nuevo presidente del Perú y la evasión fiscal y un nuevo capítulo de la Breve historia de los paraísos fiscales con Suiza, el secreto bancario, el dinero nazi y la segunda guerra mundial. INVITADOS: El director de Cedes en Eucador, Pablo Iturralde, el secretario general del equipo de técnicos del ministerio de Hacienda de España, José Maria Mollinedo, el  director de Latindadd en Perú Carlos Bedoya,y el autor de "Las islas del Tesoro", Nicholas Shaxson.  

The Panama Papers have laid bare the extend of illicit financial flows and the impact of tax havens on the world. But how are these revelations connected to the African continent? Host Desné Masie discusses with journalist Nicholas Shaxson, author of "Treasure Islands".

01:29 - Neil Brown Introduction Twitter Blog The University of Kent BlueJ Greenfoot 02:32 - Where do new people get stuck? IDEs 07:21 - Targeting Particular Age Groups BlueJ 13:46 - Becoming Professional Programmers 15:33 - Apprenticing 17:20 - Teaching Theory and Algorithms vs Practical Aspects 20:42 - Value and Negotiating Raises 24:06 - Preparing Students for Business Challenges 25:39 - What is the first thing students should learn? 28:46 - Using Games 30:45 - Using Music Scratch 31:48 - Hypotheses Testing 34:08 - Tools 38:23 - "Frame-Based Editing" 40:21 - Beyond Beginners 41:15 - “My Holy Grail has been to radically simplify professional programming. I now realize that simplification is not fundamentally a technical problem but rather a cultural one. Our nerd culture embraces inhuman levels of complexity. Mastering mind-boggling complexity is our mutant superpower. It is our tribal marker. Complexity is the air we breath, and so it is invisible to us. Simplification will only come from outside this culture. To disrupt programming I first have to reinvent it for a fresh audience of non-programmers.” 44:26 - Technical Matters vs Elitism Andreas Stefik Ruby Rogues Episode #184: We Actually Know About Software Development and Why We Believe It's True with Greg Wilson and Andreas Stefik 47:57 - Making Programming Easier to Learn 51:20 - Team Structures in Academia vs Industry Picks git-standup (Coraline) Craft Conference (Jessica) UtahJS (Chuck) Zoom H6 (Chuck) Ian Leslie: The Sugar Conspiracy (Coraline) The sugar conspiracy (Neil) Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men Who Stole the World by Nicholas Shaxson (Neil)

01:29 - Neil Brown Introduction Twitter Blog The University of Kent BlueJ Greenfoot 02:32 - Where do new people get stuck? IDEs 07:21 - Targeting Particular Age Groups BlueJ 13:46 - Becoming Professional Programmers 15:33 - Apprenticing 17:20 - Teaching Theory and Algorithms vs Practical Aspects 20:42 - Value and Negotiating Raises 24:06 - Preparing Students for Business Challenges 25:39 - What is the first thing students should learn? 28:46 - Using Games 30:45 - Using Music Scratch 31:48 - Hypotheses Testing 34:08 - Tools 38:23 - "Frame-Based Editing" 40:21 - Beyond Beginners 41:15 - “My Holy Grail has been to radically simplify professional programming. I now realize that simplification is not fundamentally a technical problem but rather a cultural one. Our nerd culture embraces inhuman levels of complexity. Mastering mind-boggling complexity is our mutant superpower. It is our tribal marker. Complexity is the air we breath, and so it is invisible to us. Simplification will only come from outside this culture. To disrupt programming I first have to reinvent it for a fresh audience of non-programmers.” 44:26 - Technical Matters vs Elitism Andreas Stefik Ruby Rogues Episode #184: We Actually Know About Software Development and Why We Believe It's True with Greg Wilson and Andreas Stefik 47:57 - Making Programming Easier to Learn 51:20 - Team Structures in Academia vs Industry Picks git-standup (Coraline) Craft Conference (Jessica) UtahJS (Chuck) Zoom H6 (Chuck) Ian Leslie: The Sugar Conspiracy (Coraline) The sugar conspiracy (Neil) Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men Who Stole the World by Nicholas Shaxson (Neil)

01:29 - Neil Brown Introduction Twitter Blog The University of Kent BlueJ Greenfoot 02:32 - Where do new people get stuck? IDEs 07:21 - Targeting Particular Age Groups BlueJ 13:46 - Becoming Professional Programmers 15:33 - Apprenticing 17:20 - Teaching Theory and Algorithms vs Practical Aspects 20:42 - Value and Negotiating Raises 24:06 - Preparing Students for Business Challenges 25:39 - What is the first thing students should learn? 28:46 - Using Games 30:45 - Using Music Scratch 31:48 - Hypotheses Testing 34:08 - Tools 38:23 - "Frame-Based Editing" 40:21 - Beyond Beginners 41:15 - “My Holy Grail has been to radically simplify professional programming. I now realize that simplification is not fundamentally a technical problem but rather a cultural one. Our nerd culture embraces inhuman levels of complexity. Mastering mind-boggling complexity is our mutant superpower. It is our tribal marker. Complexity is the air we breath, and so it is invisible to us. Simplification will only come from outside this culture. To disrupt programming I first have to reinvent it for a fresh audience of non-programmers.” 44:26 - Technical Matters vs Elitism Andreas Stefik Ruby Rogues Episode #184: We Actually Know About Software Development and Why We Believe It's True with Greg Wilson and Andreas Stefik 47:57 - Making Programming Easier to Learn 51:20 - Team Structures in Academia vs Industry Picks git-standup (Coraline) Craft Conference (Jessica) UtahJS (Chuck) Zoom H6 (Chuck) Ian Leslie: The Sugar Conspiracy (Coraline) The sugar conspiracy (Neil) Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men Who Stole the World by Nicholas Shaxson (Neil)

Panama Papers’ and the Shadow World of Finance by MFlowers The release of the ‘Panama Papers’ reveal the secret world of shell companies used by the rich to hide their wealth and avoid paying taxes on it. While it appears that the release of information was intended as a tool to demonize Russian President Vladimir Putin, it has backfired and instead led to a probing of who in the US is involved in this type of scheme. McClatchy News is publishing investigative pieces revealing the same activity taking place in states such as Nevada and Wyoming. The list of people involved connects directly to government figures such as US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker. It has also led to massive upheaval in Iceland where protesters are calling for the resignation of the government and new elections. We explore what’s going on with James Henry of the Tax Justice Network and Chuck Collins of the Institute for Policy Studies.   Relevant articles and websites: US Scolds Others about Offshores, but Looks Other Way at Home by Kevin Hall and Marisa Taylor The Price of Offshore Revisited by the Tax Justice Network Panama Papers Expose the Hidden Wealth of the World’s Super Rich by Chuck Collins Tax Justice Network The FACT Coalition Inequality.org We’re Not Broke Movie Treasure Islands by Nicholas Shaxson   Guests: James Shelburne Henry is a U.S. economist, attorney, and investigative journalist who has written extensively about global banking, debt crises, tax havens and economic development. In the corporate world, Henry served as Chief Economist, McKinsey & Co. (NYC global h.q.); VP Strategy, IBM/Lotus Development Corporation (Cambridge), Manager, Business Development, the Chairman’s Office (Jack Welch), GE (Fairfield), and senior consultant Monitor Group,the international consulting firm. As Managing Director of Sag Harbor Group, a strategy consulting firm, his clients have included such enterprises as ABB, Allen & Co., AT&T, AT Kearney, Calvert Fund, Ce-mex, ChinaTrust, the Scotland Yard/FBI Task Force on Caribbean Havens, IBM/Lotus, Intel, Interwise, Lucent, Merrill Lynch, South Africa Telkom, Rockefeller Foundation, the Swedish Power Board, TransAlta, UBS Warburg, Volvo, and Monitor Company. A member of the New York Bar, he has served as a pro bono cooperating attorney for the NYCLU on First Amendment issues, and as Vice President, New York Civil Liberties Union – Suffolk County. He is author of the acclaimed investigative economics book The Blood Bankers, and his articles and citations have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Republic, The Nation, The Conference Board, The Washington Post, Harpers, Fortune, Jornal do Brasil, The Manila Chronicle, La Nacion, and many others.   Chuck Collins is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) and directs IPS’s Program on Inequality and the Common Good. He is an expert on U.S. inequality and author of several books, including 99 to 1: How Wealth Inequality is Wrecking the World and What We Can Do About It. He is co-author with Bill Gates Sr. of Wealth and Our Commonwealth, (Beacon Press, 2003), a case for taxing inherited fortunes. He is co-author with Mary Wright of The Moral Measure of the Economy, a book about Christian ethics and economic life. He is co-founder of Wealth for the Common Good, a network of business leaders, high-income households and partners working together to promote shared prosperity and fair taxation. This network merged in 2015 with the Patriotic Millionaires. In 1995, he co-founded United for a Fair Economy (UFE) to raise the profile of the inequality issue and support popular education and organizing efforts to address inequality. He was Executive Director of UFE from 1995-2001 and Program Director until 2005.

Nichaolas Shaxson and Richard Hay discuss the issues raised in their lectures: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/offshore-onshore-midshore-a-panel-discussionThe speakers of the Long Finance 2014 Spring Conference, Nicholas Shaxson and Richard Hay, discuss the issues that their lectures raised as well as answering questions from the audience. The Panel discussion is chaired by Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli.With three nearby Crown Dependencies and six overseas territories promoting themselves as 'international financial centres', the UK seems to value offshore centres. Yet during current financial crises these havens are easy scapegoats. At the 2011 G20 Summit in Cannes, President Nicolas Sarkozy stated, "We don't want any more tax havens. Our message is clear, countries that remain tax havens ... will be shunned by the international community". But do these centres add value? And what of onshore havens such as Delaware, Monaco, Luxembourg ... London? This symposium will explore the good, the bad and the ugly -- savings, crimes and tax. We will look at how offshore centres do add value, their dangers and how things might evolve to something, perhaps "mid-shore".The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/offshore-onshore-midshore-a-panel-discussionGresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 1,500 lectures free to access or download from the website.Website: http://www.gresham.ac.ukTwitter: http://twitter.com/GreshamCollegeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/greshamcollege

Being blind hasn't ever stopped the broadcaster Peter White from loving football, and that's reflected in his own choice of a good read when he argues in favour of Brian Clough - as captured by Duncan Hamilton who covered Notts Forest during their glory years for the local paper. By contrast the satirist and prankster Heydon Prowse, fresh from his BBC3 series, 'The Revolution will be Televised', brings a description of tax havens and how they work to the table, in 'Treasure Islands' by Nicholas Shaxson. Harriett Gilbert meanwhile proposes 'Faro's Daughter', a romantic Regency thriller by Georgette Heyer. We'll see what Peter and Heydon make of that. Producer: Mark Smalley

Nicole speaks with Nicholas Shaxson, who wrote the Vanity Fair article about Mitt Romney's offshore money; Occupy activist PunkBoyinSF, and Nicole Belle of Crooks and Liars

The Lone Reader; one librarian talks about the books he reads. Treasure Islands by Nicholas Shaxson Music: Thickener Jerry and the People    time: 0:02:29 size: 2.33 mb