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Book Synopsis
Offshore Finance and State Power asks how offshore financial services affect the power of the state. Combining a concept analysis with empirical research, the book finds that economic actors go offshore to create money more than to hide it and it also reveals that the relationship between the two is not straightforward.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements I Introduction Researching the offshore world The argument in brief II State power in the age of offshore finance Money State power Offshore finance The encounter Studying state power in the age of offshore finance III Britain: Heartland of offshore finance British state power from the money view Contemporary exposure to offshore finance The encounter IV Germany: The tax state and its adversaries German state power from the money view Contemporary exposure to offshore finance The encounter V Brazil: Inflation and Eurodollar dependency Brazilian state power from the money view Contemporary exposure to offshore finance The encounter VI Mexico: Power without plenty Mexican state power from the money view Contemporary exposure to offshore finance The encounter VII Conclusion How offshore finance affects state power Making offshore finance work for the state Institutions matter Beyond the money view Appendix I Bibliography
