The subtitle of this book is \u201cHow wealth hacks the world\u201d, and it was because of this that I was attracted to this book. Having done some international travel to various places I was interested to find out how my experiences as a normal traveler might be different from the ultra-wealthy. However the topics covered in this book are a little different, and no less interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The book\u2019s author has a unique background. She tells us early on that she believes that people should be allowed to live wherever they would like – and not be limited to wherever they happen to be born. Her experiences in Geneva led her to this topic, and so we go on a (sort of) global jaunt to find out more about these in-between places. I learned a lot of things I was curious about, and thanks to the author\u2019s excellent writing skills I was able to understand some of the sleight-of-hand tricks that companies employ to move and hide capital. Some of these tricks are by nature intended to be unclear, which speaks to the writer\u2019s skill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The highlight for me was the chapter of the flagging of ships in international commerce. The author uses the example of one of five ships built by a Russian shipyard in the 1970s, and follows it through the many lives that it had before being unceremoniously broken up on a beach in Pakistan 50 years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The writer provides a lot of information – this was a long book – and I sometimes felt like there was more than enough to make her point. A little more concise would make it easier to read through. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next I am reading The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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