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Auteur(s) : Hoang, Kimberly Kay (1983-....)
Titre(s) : Spiderweb capitalism [Texte imprimé] : how global elites exploit frontier markets / Kimberly Kay Hoang
Publication : Princeton (N. J.) : Princeton University press, copyright 2022
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xiv-267 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 251-260. Index
"In 2015, an anonymous source leaked the so-called Panama Papers, 11.5 million documents
detailing financial and attorney-client information and connecting over 140 ultra-wealthy
individuals across 50 countries to offshore companies in 21 tax havens. Journalists
and scholars have attempted to chart these complex networks in the wake of various
scandals but have learned very little. The focus on high-profile cases of egregious
theft leaves a shroud of uncertainty over the mechanics behind the invisible, mundane
networks of people who facilitate illicit activities by conducting transactions across
multiple sovereigns. Playing in the Gray focuses on the constant and quiet movement
of money through offshore shell corporations, the primary motor of global capital.
Hoang takes a deep-dive into the emerging markets of Vietnam and Myanmar. Over the
course of two years, she travelled more than 350,000 miles to conduct ethnographic
observations and interviews with 300 individuals who facilitate the movement of capital
around the world. Her research subjects include private wealth managers, fund managers,
chairpeople, local entrepreneurs, high-level executives, lawyers, bankers, auditors,
and company secretaries, each playing an essential role in circulating concealed capital
through global markets. She draws on this data to develop a new framework for understanding
what she calls spiderweb capitalism, which she defines as a system that features a
complex web of subsidiaries that are interconnected across multiple sovereigns and
are virtually impossible to quantify. She argues that legal and illegal activity are
in fact deeply connected in this web and provides an account of how financial elites
make markets in the new globalized economy"
Sujet(s) : Investissements étrangers
Développement économique -- Pratiques déloyales
Sociétés écran
Fraude fiscale
Capitalistes et financiers -- Pratiques déloyales
Indice(s) Dewey :
332.673 (23e éd.) = Investissement international
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-0-691-22911-9 (rel.). - ISBN 0691229112 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb473441210
Notice n° :
FRBNF47344121
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Prologue ; Introduction: Spiderweb capitalism ; Social spiders' tangled webs ;
Spinning new investment deals ; Varieties of corruption and bribery ; Tax strategies
of global elites ; Impunity in stealth webs ; Moral dilemmas and regimes of justification
; The exit : feast and famine ; Conclusion: Unraveling chaotic and tangled webs
; Methodological appendix: The gendered paradox of studying elites
