Book · 2024 · Social Science
Offshore
Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism
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Another kind of parallel book to read it's a very short book it's called offshore and it's by brooke Harrington.
Anne Applebaum · The Ezra Klein Show · Nov 2024 Listen at 1:05:04 The best things said about it
Another kind of parallel book to read it's a very short book it's called offshore and it's by uh Brooke Harrington who is a sociologist who in order to write the book trained as a financial adviser and so entered that world and learned how it worked from the inside.
Ezra Klein The Ezra Klein Show · Nov 2024 Why people recommend it
Offshore by Brooke Harrington is a concise sociological study that investigates the secretive world of wealth management and the global offshore financial industry. Anne Applebaum appeared as a guest on The Ezra Klein Show in an episode titled Trump Kicks Down the Guardrails, which was released on November 19, 2024. During the discussion, Applebaum offered several book recommendations that function as a thematic trilogy addressing modern corruption and financial opacity. She highlighted Brooke Harrington's work as a parallel reading choice, describing it as a very short book written by a sociologist. Applebaum explained to the host and listeners that in order to truly understand the mechanics of the elite financial advisory world from the inside, the author actually trained to become a certified financial adviser herself. This immersive research methodology allowed the sociologist to document firsthand how wealth is hidden and protected across international borders. By presenting this brief yet incisive text, Applebaum provided the audience with an accessible gateway into complex economic systems that usually operate entirely out of public view, making it an essential text for understanding modern global capitalism.
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Anne Applebaum another kind of parallel book to read it's a very short book it's called offshore and it's by brooke Harrin… 1
“another kind of parallel book to read it's a very short book it's called offshore and it's by brooke Harrington”
Ezra Klein Another kind of parallel book to read it's a very short book it's called offshore and it's by uh Brooke Har… 1
“Another kind of parallel book to read it's a very short book it's called offshore and it's by uh Brooke Harrington who is a sociologist who in order to write the book trained as a financial adviser and so entered that world and learned how it worked from the inside”
