Synopsis
'This book did nothing less than make me re-see the world . . . Original, and very clever' - Sathnam Sanghera, author of Empireland
Borders draw one map of the world; money draws another. A journalist’s riveting account exposes a parallel universe exempt from the laws of the land, and how the wealthy and powerful benefit from it.
The map of the...
Details
10 October 2024
336 pages
9781529058345
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
In describing insidiously interconnected global regimes of inequality and injustice, Atossa Abrahamian boldly renews our sense of reality and brilliantly illuminates our political impasse.Pankaj Mishra, author of The Age of Anger
Atossa Abrahamian is the ideal guide—fluid, sharp-eyed, and thoughtful—to this hidden landscape.Daniel Immerwahr, author of How to Hide an Empire
A revelatory look at a globe-spanning collection of "offshore jurisdictions," "legal black holes," and "free zones" . . . an impressive achievement.'Publishers Weekly
Fascinating—reads like a novel yet packs a policy punch for anyone interested in global migration, licit and illicit corporate networks, legal fictions and realities . . . Read it, share it, and above all, reflect on the paradox that while we grapple with how to exert physical control over the digital world, we ignore the creation of vast new legal and physical spaces in plain sight.Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New America, and Professor and Dean Emerita, Princeton University