Treasure Islands - Nicholas Shaxson [163]
Bank for International Settlements (BIS), 169, 212, 233n2, 256n40
Bank and Trust Company Insurance Powers Act (1989), 201
Barclays (Britain), 19, 99, 104–5, 148
Basler Handelsbank, 157
Batista, Fulgencio, 88
Bear Stearns, 68, 212–13
bearer bonds, 75–6, 117
Becerra, Larry, 81
Beckler, Henry, 194
Belgium, 17, 97, 104
Benn, Tony, 104
Bennett, Jack, 108
Berlusconi, Silvio, 131
Bermuda (British overseas territory), 14, 18, 23, 26, 87, 89, 96, 148, 227, 234n12 “Big Bang” (1986), 66, 85, 115, 182, 212
Big Four accounting firms, 25, 33, 165, 202, 222, 253n1
See Deloitte; Ernst & Young; KPMG; PricewaterhouseCoopers
Big Pharma, 165
Biondi, Frank, 194–7, 199, 200–1, 254n4
Birkenfeld, Bradley, 177–8
Black, Bernard, 124
Blair, Tony, 73, 127
blame-the-victim, 8, 29, 140–4, 183
Blood Bankers (Henry), 140–1
Blum, Jack, 31, 102, 105–6, 111–13, 132–5, 169
Bockel, Jean-Marie, 6
Bodden, Roy, 95–6
Boeing, 22
Bond, James, 80
Bongo, Omar, 2–6, 233n7
Bonlat Financing, 166
Bono (musician), 17, 192
Bordieu, Pierre, 30
Boston Consulting Group, 142
Botswana, 19
Bout, Victor, 178
BP, 22
Bravakis, Ted, 181
Brazil, 26, 37, 98, 143, 156, 169, 172, 174, 223
Bretton Woods Conference (1944), 55–8, 63, 130, 240n17, 246n11
bribes, 3, 6, 17, 29, 89, 113, 127, 133, 176, 229, 246n4
British Caribbean, 22, 27, 67, 75, 79, 87–106, 114–15, 133, 150, 161, 172, 245n10, 247n18
British Crown Dependencies, 16, 17–20, 25, 69, 79, 87–8, 92, 103–5, 115–16, 146, 236n23
See Guernsey; Isle of Man; Jersey
British empire, 8, 16–20, 35–7, 40, 49–50, 54–5, 65–6, 75–6, 86, 87–8, 92, 97, 109, 129, 147, 185, 224, 235n18,20, 236n23, 241n9
British meatpackers, 35–47
British Overseas Territories, 17, 19, 25, 79, 87, 90–2, 103, 236n23, 31
See Bermuda; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Gibraltar; Turks and Caicos
British Queen, 18, 47, 71, 87, 94, 103–4
British tax havens, 16, 17–25, 31, 68–9, 85, 87–106, 108, 128–9, 147, 223–4
center of: See City of London loopholes, 67–8, 99–100, 110, 112, 175, 223, 241n15
reform of, 224
as spiderweb, 18–25, 31, 68–9, 85, 87–106, 108, 128–9, 147, 224
statistics on, 17
and Sterling Area, 92
See British crown dependencies; British overseas territories; British zones of influence; City of London; Offshore Magic Circle
British Virgin Islands (British overseas territory), 16, 18, 27, 87, 147, 236n30
British zones of influence
See Bahamas; Botswana; Dubai; Ghana; Hong Kong; Ireland; Singapore; Vanuatu
Brittain-Catlin, William, 166
Brown, Gordon, 168, 187
Brown, J. Robert, 124
Brown, Pat, 97
Buchanan, James, 151, 161
Bueller, Cory, 126
Buffett, Warren, 32
bundling, 43, 159
Burke, Edmund, 206
Burn, Gary, 67, 75, 241n9, 243n43
Bush, George H. W., 22, 151, 160
Bush, George W., 84, 112, 120, 152, 167–9, 236n31
and “on request” information, 167–9
tax loophole, 112
tax regulation, 120
Business and Investors Against Tax Haven Abuse, 15
Cain, P. J., 66
capital controls, 56–61, 63, 82, 84, 240n16,17, 246n11
“capital flight,” 20, 30, 53–4, 57–8, 93, 97, 110, 139–43, 160, 183, 250n26
European flight capital (1930s), 58
capital flows, 9, 18, 20–1, 28–30, 32, 50–61, 63, 75, 78, 80, 82, 84–5, 92–3, 108–9, 112, 127, 130–1, 138–40, 144, 164–5, 183, 217, 219, 221–2, 237n44, 240n16,17, 241n9, 246n4,11, 257n50
controls on: See capital controls and corporations, 29
free, 55–7, 219
inflows, 21, 30, 58–60, 109, 165, 237n44, 241n9
and Keynes, 50–61
and language, 30
outflows, 30, 75, 92, 112, 138–9, 183, 217, 237n44, 241n9
and social capital, 164–5
See capital controls
capital gains tax, 155, 162–3
Capone, Al, 88
Carlisle, Rodney, 23
Carter, Jimmy, 114, 117, 200
Carteret, George, 106
Carville, James, 52
Cary, William, 124
“casino banking,” 67
Castle Bank and Trust (Cayman) Ltd., 100–1
Castro, Fidel, 88–9, 93, 99
Cato Institute, 150, 155, 163
Cayman Islands (British overseas territory), 6, 10, 12–13, 18–19, 23–4, 26–7, 44, 46, 74, 79, 82, 87, 90–6, 99–103, 106, 125–6, 128, 132–5, 161, 163, 165–7, 171–92, 211–12, 214–15, 223, 234n12, 235n22, 236n31, 243n59, 248n39,