The Laundromat - Secrecy World by Jake Bernstein
Explaining the biggest worldwide monetary scandal everyone promptly forgot about. The Laundromat is out on Netflix, based on the book Secrecy World by Jake Bernstein.
Watch/read/listen:
- (WATCH): the trailer for The Laundromat
- (READ): about the boat sinking insurance scandal:
- (READ): about the murder of the businessman in China:
- (READ): the full interactive database for the Panama Papers:
- Get a copy of Secrecy World:
Topics from today’s episode:
01:30 - the movie’s comedic take
02:20 - reasons for a shell company
06:45 - strange origins of the company
10:55 - tax avoidance or tax evasion
12:45 - how they got so popular
15:30 - who tried to stop this?
17:10 - the pot starts boiling over
22:00 - the real boating accident
24:25 - the secret art world
26:45 - the flood of leaks
32:45 - the murder in China
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