Blood Bankers [electronic resource] : Tales from the Global Underground Economy

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henry, James S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime and globalization.

Globalization.

Transnational crime.

Local Subjects:

Crime and globalization.

Globalization.

Transnational crime.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (465 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Basic Books, 2014.

Summary:

Like tentacles on a vast octopus, the firsthand investigations in The Blood Bankers all lead to one core. A financial detective of sorts, investigative journalist Jim Henry analyzes a range of scandals, including the looting of the Philippines by the Marcos family and the financial collapse of nations throughout the developing world. A rogues' gallery of international criminals owes its existence to the dramatic growth of the underground global economy over the last two decades. Our world is being reshaped, often in sinister fashion, by wide open capital markets and an international banking ne

Contents:

""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword by Bill Bradley ""; ""Introduction: Where the Money Went ""; ""1. Debt Elephants ""; ""2. Philippine Money Flies ""; ""3. Funny Money ""; ""4. Brazil's Fallen Angels ""; ""5. Bleeding Nicaragua ""; ""6. Argentina's Last Tango""; ""7. Banking on Dictatorship ""; ""8. It's Not About the Oil ""; ""Endnotes""; ""List of Acronyms ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Index ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-465-07486-3

OCLC:

908081438