Interesting. Based on my Google search, the book was published in September 2018.
Anyway, since the title includes "..And How To Take It Back", can you tell us what are the sort of potential solutions that are stated by the author? Let me guess, one of those solutions is going back to the gold standard? Also, is there any mention about bitcoin or cryptocurrencies at all?
It seems mainly to stipulate that democratic cultures are just one type of system that exist, and that we perceive them to be the norm from a western point of view but that they are in fact quite a recent thing. But he then goes on to say that increasing transparency in the off shore tax havens is the way to combat money laundering in general. However it is not in the tax havens' interests to be transparent. So I don't feel that the resolution is strong or conclusive.
There is a lot of discussion of the
Bretton Woods system too, whcih I did't know about; a very prescient and interesting set of ideas at the time. However the book sort of goes on to imply that under modern globalisation such a system would be unsustainable so other solutions are needed, bit again does not really go on to say what they are...
There is a brief interview with Roger Ver as he has taken citizenship (gets a passport) in one of the tax havens (I for get which off the top of my head). Roger's US citizenship was revoked by the US a few years back.
I get this feeling that most of what is covered in the book is actually a bit dated so far as money laundering goes, because this is the stuff we now know about. My gut feeling is that the smart money has probably moved on again, perhaps even into some of the crypto world, but who can say at this point.
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