The Hidden Wealth of Nations
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by Gabriel Zucman
unit-linked life insurance contracts, 44
Uruguay, 64
Volcker, Paul, 13
Volcker commission, 13, 15
Wegelin, 67
World Trade Organization, 79, 81
World War I, 8–9
World War II, 13, 14, 15
Footnotes
1 Although the Cayman Islands appear often in these kinds of stories, there is evidence that it is even easier to form anonymous companies in Delaware and many OECD countries. See Michael Findley, Daniel Nielson, and Jason Sharman, “Global Shell Games: Testing Money Launderers’ and Terrorist Financiers’ Access to Shell Companies,” working paper, Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University, 2012.