Nicholas Shaxson
Nicholas Shaxson (* 1966 ) is a British author, journalist and member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) in London. He is best known for his investigative books Poisoned Wells (2007) and Treasure Islands (2011). Shaxson is a researcher and writer with the Tax Justice Network , an expert-led NGO working on tax justice and tax havens .
biography
Shaxson was born in Malawi and has since lived in numerous countries such as India, Brazil, England, Lesotho , Spain, Angola , South Africa, Germany and the Netherlands. Since 1993 he has written primarily on global economics and politics for the Financial Times , Reuters , the Economist , Economist Intelligence Unit , International Affairs , Foreign Affairs , American Interest , the BBC , Africa Confidential , African Energy, and others. His expertise covers two areas in particular: the politics and economics of oil-producing countries in the Gulf of Guinea , in particular Angola, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea , and, more recently, tax havens.
Based on his book Treasure Islands: How Tax Havens Undermine Democracy , the documentary The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire was released in May 2017 .
Shaxson currently lives with his partner and two children in Zurich , Switzerland .
Works
- Poisoned Wells: The Dirty Politics of African Oil . Palgrave Macmillan, New York 2008, ISBN 978-0-230-60532-9 .
- Treasure Islands: How Tax Havens Undermine Democracy . Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-85869-460-7 .
Web links
- Treasure Islands (English language website)
- Review by Shaxson: Treasure Islands in cosmopolis.ch
- Schatzinseln website (German language website of the publisher)
- "The City of London and its Tax Haven Empire" (MP3; 38.3 MB): Lecture by Nicholas Shaxson and Maurice Glasman at the London School of Economics , February 1, 2011. Shaxson speaks approx. 2 minutes after the start of the recording and answers questions from minute 54.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c The Author: Nicholas Shaxson , treasureislands.org , November 19, 2010
- ↑ Shaxson, Nicholas, The truth about tax havens , The Guardian , January 8, 2011
- ^ Angola's Future: British-Angola Forum Conference Report ( Memento June 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Chatham House , London, November 13-14, 2003
- ↑ The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire (video link to the documentary, published by Queuepolitely on September 14, 2018)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Shaxson, Nicholas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British author, journalist and member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) in London |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1966 |