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Here are some interesting books to check out and there are related youtube presentations, interviews etc as well as the wonderful accessible Taxcast made in the UK.

Wealth Managers, accountants, law firms, lawyers, tax havens etc: who is extracting wealth, how are they doing it, where is it being done etc etc.

This is necessary reading for anarchists and everyone else. Anarchists need to read this so they have a total understanding and the vocabulary to articulate how and why inequality aka austerity, property price increases, gig economy, species extinction, the rise of racism, fascism etc is happening.

'Secrecy World' by Jake Bernstein,

'Capital Without Borders' by Brooke Harrington,

'Moneyland' by Oliver Bullough,

'Why We Can't Afford The Rich' by Andrew Sayer,

'Tax Havens' plus 'The Finance Curse' by Nicholas Shaxon and

'Legalizing Theft' by Alain Deneault.

All these people explain between the how, the why, the who, the where etc in very accessible (sometimes technical although most of this is explained too) way.

The financialisation of the economy and life is Orwellian speak on a massive scale whereby the mega wealthy despise competition and demand regulation (their regulations).

The books offer an insight into the psychology of the owners of mega bucks and their wealth managers who do all the grafting: keeping up to speed on global loopholes etc. I didn't know that people can actually buy a second legal passport.

These absurdly rich people don't live (as we do) within borders. Very little of the mechanisms of how it is all done finds its way into newspapers as mainstream press is in on it too. Surprise Surprise.

Don't get to hung up on the Left political 'solutions' suggested in these books; read these books to educate yourself and others regarding the dire state of things today. It's no good saying the rich get rich and the poor get poorer and it's all neoliberal bollocks: where does that get you? You need to understand what is being done to you.