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How do the rich keep getting richer, while dodging the long arm of the law? 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 finance rules, and other laws that get in their way. In Offshore: Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism, sociologist Brooke Harrington reveals how this system works, as well as how it degrades democracy, the economy, and the public goods on which we all depend. Through interviews with dozens of wealth managers in nineteen countries, Harrington uncovered how this global network of offshore financial centers arose from the remnants of colonialism and has created a new, hidden imperial class. This engrossing deep dive reveals what offshore finance costs all of us, and how it has colonized the world--not on behalf of any one country, but to benefit a largely invisible empire of a few thousand billionaires, who help themselves to the best society has to offer while sticking us with the bill. As politicians struggle to address the deepening economic and political inequality destabilizing the world, Harrington's exposé of the offshore system is a vital resource for understanding the most pressing crises of our time.

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Brooke Harrington is a professor of economic sociology at Dartmouth College, a certified wealth manager, and an advisor to the OECD and European Parliament, among other organizations. She is the author of several books, including the bestselling Capital without Borders. Jennifer Walden, a seasoned audiobook narrator based near Cincinnati, Ohio, brings over fifteen years of voice work expertise to each project, ensuring an authentic connection with the author's words. Alongside her narration career, Jennifer has worked as a devoted literacy/reading specialist dedicated to promoting literacy for the past fifteen years, impacting numerous lives through education. Beyond her professional pursuits, she finds joy in tending to her dairy goat farm, nurturing her vegetable garden, and expressing her creativity through watercolor painting. Jennifer also indulges her passion for travel, immersing herself in diverse cultures, spending time with family and, of course, her favorite pastime-reading.

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