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"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
An investigative journalist's deep dive into the corrupt workings of the world's kleptocrats.
From ruined towns on the edge of Siberia, to Bond-villain lairs in London and Manhattan, something has gone wrong. Kleptocracies, governments run by corrupt leaders that prosper at the expense of their people, are on the rise.
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 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, attacking the foundations of many of the world's most stable countries. 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.
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"First off, I couldn't resist picking up the latest book regarding private power's ongoing theft of public assets. Second, the author's title referred to the crooks and kleptocrats as those who in fact rule the world. A one, two punch that surely would knock it out of the park.
But, alas, before the first page turned I knew this book's frame was highly politicized. Sometimes, that's fine if the facts are substantiated with footnotes/facts. Anyone one whose read, Flashpoint In Ukraine: How the U.S. Drive for Hegemony Risks WWIII edited by Stephen Lendman June 20, 2014 or numerous articles by investigative F. William Engdahl on the Ukraine - know that the U.S. has engineered taking over democratically elected leaders with dictator puppets. He also goes after Trump and adheres to the Russia-phobia stolen-election hoopla. Again, not proven. Not fact. No evidence. Incidentally, who was FBI director during the 9/11 criminal inside job? Mueller.
Nor does he get the Yeltsin story of Russia correct. Boris Yeltsin and his free market reformers were part of one of the most hidden and most criminal looting operations in CIA history. It was a pillaging of Russia but a corrupted circle of treasonous Soviet KGB generals, together with their select young KGB proteges, who were transformed through the operation into billionaire oligarchs. It was made possible only through Western banks and the democracy machinery of Washington D.C. under three Presidents: Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. Because they had been allowed by the Bush CIA networks that controlled the financial side of the Yeltsin mafia[Manifest Destiny: Democracy as Cognitive Dissonance by F. William Engdahl May 2, 2018].
The author obfuscates the correct frame for the Bretton Woods Agreement: The victory powers stated their aim was to free the world from fascism forever. In reality, they built the infrastructure for a new fascism - Corporate Fascism - the modern austerity is merely a vehicle to deliver it. We are witnessing the end & not the beginning of the process, set in motion at the end of WWII at Bretton Woods. The pillars of social democracy- law & justice, employment rights, civil liberties & human rights, and the social safety nets of society - have been bulldozed, one after another, under the guise of austerity{Austerity: The Demolition of the Welfare State & the Rise of the Zombie Economy by Mary-Anne Mendoza Nov. 21, 2014].
That's just for starters. So, for this reader the author's credibility was next to none. A difficult read, as I had to parse out which frame the author was writing from. His knowledge of the - financial shenanigans, tax havens, and legalities/illegalities, the flight of capital, and other tools of leverage; that those with billions, had available at their beckoning call, and that, thus enabled those plutocrims to perpetrate against society, were there for the reader to ponder. in all its disgusting detail.
Still, he misses the greater theft of public assets by the private sector and the real hidden system of finance. Two financial experts that have penetrated this ultra-secret hidden financial system are Catherine Austin Fitts[former Secretary of Housing under George H.W. Bush] & Joseph P. Farrell Rhode Scholar and author of several books regarding this hidden system of finance[Hidden Finance, Rogue Networks, and Secret Sorcery: The Fascist International, 9/11, and Penetrated Operations May 16, 2016].
The author's theme is a correct one: an established system of power has accepted grand corruption as a natural part of its daily business. It currently has the modern form of neo feudalism, where the kingly elites are colonizing the public worldwide as their willing serfs[using the latest technologies & mind control techniques to achieve their goals]
The reader may consider other books on this subject, like the ones I've listed above in the text. Also check out financial books by Michael Hudson[Killing the Host: How Financial Parasites and Debt Bondage Destroy the Global Economy Aug. 20,2015]. Also there is, Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens by Nicholas Shaxson Sep. 4, 2012.
Moneyland is still a good financial book; bearing in mind, the few caveats I've mentioned.
The message is clear: crime that pays, is crime that stays.
Instead of saving the U.S. economy, the U.S. saved the crooked banksters.
Until that changes; crime pays & stays."
Product details - Hardcover 304 pages
- Publisher St. Martin's Press (May 7, 2019)
- Language English
- ISBN-10 125020870X
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Moneyland The Inside Story of the Crooks and Kleptocrats Who Rule the World Oliver Bullough 9781250208705 Books Reviews :
Moneyland The Inside Story of the Crooks and Kleptocrats Who Rule the World Oliver Bullough 9781250208705 Books Reviews
- First off, I couldn't resist picking up the latest book regarding private power's ongoing theft of public assets. Second, the author's title referred to the crooks and kleptocrats as those who in fact rule the world. A one, two punch that surely would knock it out of the park.
But, alas, before the first page turned I knew this book's frame was highly politicized. Sometimes, that's fine if the facts are substantiated with footnotes/facts. Anyone one whose read, Flashpoint In Ukraine How the U.S. Drive for Hegemony Risks WWIII edited by Stephen Lendman June 20, 2014 or numerous articles by investigative F. William Engdahl on the Ukraine - know that the U.S. has engineered taking over democratically elected leaders with dictator puppets. He also goes after Trump and adheres to the Russia-phobia stolen-election hoopla. Again, not proven. Not fact. No evidence. Incidentally, who was FBI director during the 9/11 criminal inside job? Mueller.
Nor does he get the Yeltsin story of Russia correct. Boris Yeltsin and his free market reformers were part of one of the most hidden and most criminal looting operations in CIA history. It was a pillaging of Russia but a corrupted circle of treasonous Soviet KGB generals, together with their select young KGB proteges, who were transformed through the operation into billionaire oligarchs. It was made possible only through Western banks and the democracy machinery of Washington D.C. under three Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. Because they had been allowed by the Bush CIA networks that controlled the financial side of the Yeltsin mafia[Manifest Destiny Democracy as Cognitive Dissonance by F. William Engdahl May 2, 2018].
The author obfuscates the correct frame for the Bretton Woods Agreement The victory powers stated their aim was to free the world from fascism forever. In reality, they built the infrastructure for a new fascism - Corporate Fascism - the modern austerity is merely a vehicle to deliver it. We are witnessing the end & not the beginning of the process, set in motion at the end of WWII at Bretton Woods. The pillars of social democracy- law & justice, employment rights, civil liberties & human rights, and the social safety nets of society - have been bulldozed, one after another, under the guise of austerity{Austerity The Demolition of the Welfare State & the Rise of the Zombie Economy by Mary-Anne Mendoza Nov. 21, 2014].
That's just for starters. So, for this reader the author's credibility was next to none. A difficult read, as I had to parse out which frame the author was writing from. His knowledge of the - financial shenanigans, tax havens, and legalities/illegalities, the flight of capital, and other tools of leverage; that those with billions, had available at their beckoning call, and that, thus enabled those plutocrims to perpetrate against society, were there for the reader to ponder. in all its disgusting detail.
Still, he misses the greater theft of public assets by the private sector and the real hidden system of finance. Two financial experts that have penetrated this ultra-secret hidden financial system are Catherine Austin Fitts[former Secretary of Housing under George H.W. Bush] & Joseph P. Farrell Rhode Scholar and author of several books regarding this hidden system of finance[Hidden Finance, Rogue Networks, and Secret Sorcery The Fascist International, 9/11, and Penetrated Operations May 16, 2016].
The author's theme is a correct one an established system of power has accepted grand corruption as a natural part of its daily business. It currently has the modern form of neo feudalism, where the kingly elites are colonizing the public worldwide as their willing serfs[using the latest technologies & mind control techniques to achieve their goals]
The reader may consider other books on this subject, like the ones I've listed above in the text. Also check out financial books by Michael Hudson[Killing the Host How Financial Parasites and Debt Bondage Destroy the Global Economy Aug. 20,2015]. Also there is, Treasure Islands Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens by Nicholas Shaxson Sep. 4, 2012.
Moneyland is still a good financial book; bearing in mind, the few caveats I've mentioned.
The message is clear crime that pays, is crime that stays.
Instead of saving the U.S. economy, the U.S. saved the crooked banksters.
Until that changes; crime pays & stays. - Oliver Bullough's new book is a wealth of brazenly corrupt situations that will raise the blood pressure of anyone with a sense of fairness. The chapters in his book appear to be well-researched and unfortunately were not at all surprising to me. What is amazing is the boldness with which these schemes of greed and power are carried out and if you want some examples of just how corrupt our civilization is, pick up this book and read it. The acts are documented but what is the solution? Personally, I feel all the corruption and dirty politics is human nature. It has existed from the beginning and it isn't going to change, no matter what sort of regulations you put in place. The Apostle Paul put it well when he said the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. Notice it is the "love" of money and not money itself.
I don't think it is a spoiler for me to quote the last paragraph of the book "So what do we as citizens need to do? We need to know who owns what; we need to put crooks in jail; we need to stop our cities from laundering the wealth of the world. And we need to support any politicians prepared to build the coalitions required to do this patient, taxing, technical and unglamorous work. Only by doing this can we truly take back control of our economies and our societies, and halt the wholesale looting of the world that threatens us all." I wholeheartedly agree. But the thing is, that is what is taking place now - there are "good guys" who are fighting this and achieving success but they are fighting an overwhelming fight. Because it's like Whack-A-Mole; when you whack one evil scheme, another pops up. Not only that, but people are constantly going to the dark side because that's just human nature. We just have to keep trying, and kudos to those who are engaged in this fight. People may indeed turn into Howard Beales after reading this book, standing at their windows screaming, "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!!!" but what does that do? After they get exhausted screaming, they go to sleep and wake up the next morning to go to work.
As I said, the fight has to continue but it is a battle of human nature. "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss," just like the Who sang. The book itself is full of egregious examples of greed and corruption and good for the author that he has brought these to light. The fight against these needs to continue and to grow. One last thing, we all must remember that along with the saying "charity begins at home" we should also remember that before we complain about the speck in someone else's eye, we should examine the log in ours. The book is full of large scale examples but all the small scale, "no one will notice" examples all around us add up, too. - “Moneyland The Inside Story of the Crooks and Kleptocrats Who Rule the World†by Oliver Bullough provides the same fascinating horror as a highway accident which causes other motorists to slow down and crane their necks. It seems both unbelievable and all too real.
The author describes himself as a journalist, not an economist. He was fascinated by the fall of the Berlin Wall and the possibility of a rebirth of genuine democracy in Russia, and was indeed in that country pursuing his profession during the last decade of the 20th Century when that possibility was dashed by the birth of the kleptocracy under former KGB agent Vladimir Putin. He describes his sensations during this time as being caught as if in a Black Hole by the irresistible suck of what he terms “Moneyland†– the extraterritorial domain of the vast financial empire which defies all national boundaries or laws, national or otherwise.
This book is both deeply informative, and extremely readable. Like the author, I am not an economist, and admit myself to be completely mystified by the nuance he so excruciatingly details. The main theme, however, is clear. Greed is as old as humankind, and so is the tendency to keep secrets. What is new, however, is the electronic era which allows money to be transported by non-physical means and permits the establishment of vast clandestine “dark money†networks with immeasurable political, economic and social impact.
