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Democratic Republic of Congo, 131
deregulation, 32, 52, 66, 74–6, 85, 87, 115, 129–30, 132, 155, 159, 182, 193, 200, 209–10, 212, 217
developing countries, 8, 28–30, 57–60, 91, 93, 97, 100, 108, 126, 129–48, 155–6, 164, 169, 183, 217, 222–5, 227, 229, 236n29, 237n44, 240n22, 246n13, 250n26
and blame-the-victim, 8, 29, 140–4
and capital, 57–60
and capital flight, 139–43
and mobile phone charges, 148
and the offshore system, 129–48
and reform, 223–4
and sovereign debt funds, 143–4
and tax, 144–8
and tax treaties, 147–8
See Bank of Credit and Commerce International
Deviers-Joncour, Christine, 5
Dill, James B., 39
Disney, 7, 88
Double, Paul, 73
double taxation, 26, 41–2, 130, 146
defined, 26
“Double Irish,” 14
drug money, 6, 9, 18, 20, 22, 26–7, 29, 88, 101–2, 111, 120, 131–3, 136
du Pont, Pierre S. (“Pete”), 194–9
Dubai, 19
Duggan, Nick, 165–6
“Dutch Sandwich,” 14, 117
Dutch Special Financial Institutions, 27
Dumas, Roland, 5
The Economic Consequences of the Peace (Keynes), 50
Ernst & Young, 25, 202, 205, 209, 249n5
The Economist, 7, 22, 24, 237n36
“efficiency,” 16, 41, 53, 130, 153–4, 158–66, 214, 219, 229–30
Egypt, 65–6, 86
Elf Aquitaine (France), 2–8, 20, 28, 70, 131, 136
elites/the rich, 2–4, 6–10, 11, 16–17, 20–3, 26, 30–2, 35, 59, 90–1, 100, 106, 126, 131, 140–5, 148, 157–8, 185, 187, 192, 195, 210, 224
Elmer, Rudolf, 147–8, 192, 214–15
Engels, Friedrich, 104
Enron, 23, 68, 132, 166, 202, 204, 218
Eurobonds, 75–6
Eurodad, 30
Eurodollar market: See Euromarket
Euromarkets, 11, 66–7, 75, 77–83, 112, 114, 129–30, 241n11, 243n59
reserve requirements, 76–8
Euromoney, 80
European tax havens, 16–17, 21, 23
See Austria; Belgium; Euromarkets; Luxembourg; Netherlands; Switzerland
ExxonMobil, 108
Fairchild Corp. (U.S.), 2
Falcone, Pierre, 138
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 78, 141
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), 165
FedEx, 22
Field, Anthony, 100–1
finance and ownership, 52–3
financial
capital: See capital flows
institutions, 8, 20, 27, 69, 119, 175, 212, 214
liberalization, 60–1, 67, 75, 86, 204
Financial Center Development Act (1981), 194, 197–200
Financial Secrecy Index, 128
Financial Stability Forum, 169
Financial Times, 1, 126, 187, 208, 211, 213
financialization, 51–3, 84 The Firm (Grisham), 181
First National Bank of Omaha, 193
flags of convenience, 22–3
le Floch-Prigent, Loïk, 4
Florida, 21–2, 89, 101, 110–12, 115, 120–1, 143, 157, 165, 218
Flowers, Mike, 110
flows of capital: See capital flows
food industry, 13–15, 35–40
See meatpacking
Foreign Act Development (1986), 200
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 17
Fox News, 7
France, 1–8, 16, 20, 24–8, 37, 65, 87–8, 97, 104, 108, 111, 116, 131, 136–7, 147, 152, 157, 159, 183, 191, 209, 233n1, 249n16, 251n39
inquisitorial system, 2
post-colonial policy in Africa, 2–8
See Elf Aquitaine
fraud, 5, 17, 24–7, 29, 59, 102, 113, 120, 131–7, 166–7, 191, 213, 218, 246n4, 249n16
free market system, 23, 51, 59, 61, 74, 150, 246n4
Friedman, Milton, 78, 105, 159, 161
Friedman, Thomas, 51
Gabon, 1–7, 20, 136
Galbraith, J. K., 190
Gaydamak, Arkady, 137–9, 249n16–18, 250n21
General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (Keynes), 50
Geneva, 10, 16, 67, 96–7, 137–8, 146, 153, 176, 249n18
Geoghegan, Thomas, 199–200
George, Eddie, 76
Germany, 3, 5, 49, 50, 97, 138, 146–7, 185, 187, 209, 239n13
Ghana, 19, 65
Gibraltar (British overseas territory), 18–19, 27, 87
Gill, Casey, 99–100
Gillard, Michael, 136
Glasman, Maurice, 72–4, 86, 244n73
Glass-Steagall Act (1933), 67
Global Development Finance: Illicit Flows Report 2009, 30
global financial crisis (2007–present), 30–2, 46, 52, 98, 132, 166, 169
Global Financial Integrity (GFI)
Program, 29, 131, 139–40, 170, 183, 217, 237n44, 257n50
globalization, 10, 32–3, 56, 59–60, 86, 130, 132, 149, 152–3, 219, 221, 233n2, 240n22
Goldman Sachs, 68, 71, 81, 103, 119, 125, 132, 213–14
Google Inc., 14, 125
Gordon report, 117, 251n2
Gramm, Phil, 140, 226 les grands, 2, 4, 10
Great Britain: See British empire; British