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Nicholas Shaxson (born 1966) is a British author, journalist and investigator. He is best known for his investigative books ''Poisoned Wells'' (2007), '' Treasure Islands'' (2011), and The Finance Curse (2018). He has worked as a part-time writer and researcher for the
Tax Justice Network The Tax Justice Network (TJN) is a British advocacy group consisting of a coalition of researchers and activists with a shared concern about tax avoidance, tax competition, and tax havens. Activity Research The TJN has reported on the OECD ...
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Biography

Shaxson was born in
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and educated in Britain. He has lived at various times in India, Brazil, England, Lesotho, Spain, Angola, South Africa, Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. Since 1993, he has written on global business and politics for '' Vanity Fair'', the ''
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'', '' American Interest'', and others. Shaxson first began working for the
Tax Justice Network The Tax Justice Network (TJN) is a British advocacy group consisting of a coalition of researchers and activists with a shared concern about tax avoidance, tax competition, and tax havens. Activity Research The TJN has reported on the OECD ...
in 2006. His first book was ''Poisoned Wells: The Dirty Politics of African Oil''. In 2011 he wrote ''Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men who Stole the World''. In 2018, he published ''The Finance Curse: How global finance is making us all poorer''. Shaxson currently lives with his partner and their two children in
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.How to Write About Tax Havens and the Super-Rich: An Interview with Nicholas Shaxson
blog.longreads.com, 12 February 2014


Awards and honours

*2012 Bread and Roses Award, shortlist, ''Treasure Islands''.


See also

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Tax Justice Network The Tax Justice Network (TJN) is a British advocacy group consisting of a coalition of researchers and activists with a shared concern about tax avoidance, tax competition, and tax havens. Activity Research The TJN has reported on the OECD ...
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Corporate tax haven Corporate haven, corporate tax haven, or multinational tax haven is used to describe a jurisdiction that multinational corporations find attractive for establishing subsidiaries or incorporation of regional or main company headquarters, mostly due ...
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Tax haven A tax haven is a term, often used pejoratively, to describe a place with very low tax rates for Domicile (law), non-domiciled investors, even if the official rates may be higher. In some older definitions, a tax haven also offers Bank secrecy, ...
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Ireland as a tax haven Ireland has been labelled as a tax haven or corporate tax haven in multiple financial reports, an allegation which the state has rejected in response. Ireland is on all academic " tax haven lists", including the , and tax NGOs. Ireland does no ...


Bibliography

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External links

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Collected articles
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Balaned Economy

"The City of London and its Tax Haven Empire"presentation
by Nicholas Shaxson and Maurice Glasman at the LSE, 1 February 2011. Shaxson begins speaking approximately 2 min into the recording, and jointly answers questions after the 54 min mark. {{DEFAULTSORT:Shaxson, Nicholas 1966 births Living people British non-fiction writers British male writers British business writers People educated at Bedford Modern School Writers on taxation British male non-fiction writers