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Trusts And Financialization, Elisabeth Brooke Harrington
Trusts And Financialization, Elisabeth Brooke Harrington
Brooke Harrington
This article identifies trusts as a legal structure associated with the global spread of financialization. Although trusts originated in Medieval England, they have acquired a new significance in contemporary finance by virtue of their advantages in terms of profit maximization and capital mobility. As a result, trusts have become common in contemporary structured finance for corporations, in addition to their traditional functions as estate planning and asset protection vehicles for high-net-worth individuals.This article specifies three ways in which the trust structure has facilitated the global spread of financialization: by privileging the rentier–investor within the world economy; by perpetuating a distinctively …
Offshore-Paradiese Sind Unheimliche Orte, Elisabeth Brooke Harrington
Offshore-Paradiese Sind Unheimliche Orte, Elisabeth Brooke Harrington
Brooke Harrington
Interview with Suddeutsche Zeitung--the newspaper that broke the Panama Papers.
Under Anklage: De Rige Reagerer Med Vrede (Under Attack: The Rich React With Anger), Elisabeth Brooke Harrington
Under Anklage: De Rige Reagerer Med Vrede (Under Attack: The Rich React With Anger), Elisabeth Brooke Harrington
Brooke Harrington
Op-ed piece on reaction to the Panama Papers among elites, published in Denmark's leading newspaper, Politiken.
Social Structure, Power And Financial Fraud, Elisabeth Brooke Harrington
Social Structure, Power And Financial Fraud, Elisabeth Brooke Harrington
Brooke Harrington
This paper examines financial fraud as a manifestation of power by elites. The perspective is historical, going back to the 18th century, but the emphasis is on the 2008 global financial crisis and its sources.