Postscript to the above:
The ICIJ is a project of the 'Center of Public Integrity'
(https://www.publicintegrity.org/icij/about) whose major funder is
George Soros,
see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Public_Integrity#Criticism
-F
On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 8:42 PM,
Thanks, Florian. Very interesting. What’s confusing is that the mainstream
media (radio, TV, newspaper) that report about the Panama Papers themselves
replicate the myth that the papers are somehow publicly accessible, searchable
etc. There is one exception that I know of, from what has been
Nicholas Shaxson has written the so-far definitive book on tax havens,
entitled Treasure Islands (2012) - a fantastic book, I am amazed no one
seems to be talking about it right now. His central thesis is that with
the waning of Empire, British elites sought a way to retain their
Jens Berger from the German political blog Nachdenkseiten has an
opinion on the "Panama Papers" that indeed gives food for thought
("Nachdenkseiten" means "Food for Thought Pages). Here's a quick
translation:
Panama Papers â not the Scoop but the Flop of the CenturyÂ
This
The theses factory is churning on ...
10 Theses on the Panama Papers
1. Never before have so many people owed so much wealth.
Even though an even smaller minority of people owe an increasing
proportion of the world's wealth, their absolute number have been
rising, especially during the last
Dear all,
I would like to inform you about the next event of the Disruption
Network Lab, which will take place in London, on April 15th, at the
Somerset House - in case you would like to join. I hope to see many of
you there!
You can read the programme below.
Best, Tatiana
South China Morning Post
Sotheby’s sells Zhang Daqian painting for a record HK$240 million in
Hong Kong auction
PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 05 April, 2016, 1:45pm
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/1933693/sothebys-sells-zhang-daqian-painting-record-hk240-million
The economic slowdown
