A scorching polemic against the endemic culture of money laundering and tax evasion shines a much needed light into the dark ethical chasm of the super-rich.
Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month for May 2019
'You cannot understand power, wealth and poverty without knowing about Moneyland.' Simon Kuper,The New Statesman
From ruined towns on the edge of Siberia, to Bond-villain lairs in Knightsbridge and Manhattan, something has gone wrong with the workings of the world.
Once upon a time, if an official stole money, there wasn't much he could do with it. He could buy himself a new car or build himself a nice house or give it to his friends and family, but that was about it. If he kept stealing, the money would just pile up in his house until he had no rooms left to put it in, or it was eaten by mice. And then some bankers in London had a bright idea.
Join the investigative journalist Oliver Bullough on a journey into Moneyland - the secret country of the lawless, stateless superrich.
Learn how the institutions of Europe and the United States have become money-laundering operations, undermining the foundations of Western stability. Discover the true cost of being open for business no matter how corrupt and dangerous the customer.
Meet the kleptocrats. Meet their awful children. And find out how heroic activists around the world are fighting back. This is the story of wealth and power in the 21st century. It isn't too late to change it.
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781781257937
Number of pages: 336
Weight: 304 g
Dimensions: 194 x 128 x 24 mm
Edition: Main
Eye-opening and essential ... Bullough has provided a model for how to tell a gripping and comprehensible story about a complex and crucial subject. You cannot understand power, wealth and poverty without knowing about Moneyland. - Simon Kuper, New Statesman
If you want to know why international crooks and their eminently respectable financial advisors walk tall and only the little people pay taxes, this is the ideal book for you. Every politician and moneyman on the planet should read it, but they won't because it's actually about them. - John le Carré, author of A Legacy of Spies
Corruption undermines democracy, weakens institutions and erodes trust, it destroys lives and impoverishes millions. Moneyland starts from that truth and tells London's part of that story ... This important book shows clearly that foreign policy isn't about foreigners, it's about us. - Tom Tugendhat, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee
A concise, confident book ... pacy, clever and entertaining ... if you still have any illusions about the wonders of liberated capitalism, Moneyland will probably cure you. - Andy Beckett, Guardian
A darkly fascinating ride. - John Arlidge, Sunday Times
There are few people who know the world of illicit finance and money laundering like Oliver Bullough. He takes us on a journey through the maze of complicity and criminality that will upend all your confidence in the institutions that should be protecting us. - Bill Browder, author of Red Notice: How I became Putin's No. 1 Enemy
You cannot understand power, wealth and poverty without knowing about Moneyland. - Simon Kuper, New Statesman
This is meticulously researched and engagingly told, and reveals the horror and scale of dirty money flowing around the world. The central role played by the UK and jurisdictions associated with the British family mean that every person concerned about corruption and fairness in the UK should read this book - and then campaign and act. - Margaret Hodge, MP
A great guide to a country you can't afford to visit but which is all around you. - Richard Brooks, author of Bean Counters
Unputdownable. Funny, tragic and explains the world. I hope it helps change it, too. - Peter Pomerantsev, author of Nothing Is True and Everything is Possible
Jaw-dropping and deeply unsettling. Oliver Bullough provides a sobering and brilliant account of how piracy on an epic-scale is alive and well in the 21st century. A must-read. Simple as that. - Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads
Praise for Let Our Fame Be Great: With this impassioned volume [Bullough] has struck a blow for the glory of the Caucasus and helped to give a voice to the voiceless. - Justin Marozzi, Financial Times
Praise for The Last Man in Russia: The Last Man in Russia might be compared to Colin Thubron's Among the Russians - perhaps the last book in English to come so close to pinning down the Russianness of Russia. - Mary Dejevsky, Independent
The Last Man in Russia is distinguished by the excellence of its writing and its lucid, unsparing gaze. - Daily Telegraph
I’ve been a fan of Bullough since reading his brilliant Russian History/travelogue The Last Man in Russia. What truly elevated that book was the insight not only into the descriptions of landscape, but in what lies... More
Moneyland explains how very rich people can avoid paying taxes and obeying laws they find inconvenient. They can hide their money in countries with laws they like and buy passports. It is easy to read with incredible... More
Great facts to be found in this book but at the end of the day, it makes you so angry at the world, you don’t exactly finish the book in a positive mood.
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