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Tax Havens and the Financial Crisis

May 11, 2009

From offshore havens to financial centers, banking secrecy faces scrutiny.

By Rachel Keeler
Dollars & Sense

When an entire global financial system collapses, it is reasonable to expect some bickering over the ultimate fixing of things. Rumors of dissention and talk of stimulus-paved roads to hell made everyone squeamish going into the April summit of the G20 group of large and industrialized nations in London. French President Nicolas Sarkozy even threatened to walk out on the whole thing if he didn’t get his way.

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