This book did nothing less than make me re-see the world . . . Original, and very clever -- Sathnam Sanghera, author of Empireland In describing insidiously interconnected global regimes of inequality and injustice, Atossa Abrahamian boldly renews our sense of reality and brilliantly illuminates our political impasse. -- Pankaj Mishra, author of The Age of Anger Atossa Abrahamian is the ideal guidefluid, sharp-eyed, and thoughtfulto this hidden landscape. -- Daniel Immerwahr, author of How to Hide an Empire A revelatory look at a globe-spanning collection of "offshore jurisdictions," "legal black holes," and "free zones" . . . an impressive achievement.' * Publishers Weekly * Fascinatingreads like a novel yet packs a policy punch for anyone interested in global migration, licit and illicit corporate networks, legal fictions and realities . . . Read it, share it, and above all, reflect on the paradox that while we grapple with how to exert physical control over the digital world, we ignore the creation of vast new legal and physical spaces in plain sight. -- Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New America, and Professor and Dean Emerita, Princeton University Abrahamian begins by delving into the histories of contemporary tax havens . . . but her scope is far broader . . . -- Publisher's Weekly, STARRED review Sharply observed . . . Abrahamian unravels the opaque world of special economic zones . . . Her well-researched, engrossing work manages the minutiae of several fields, including telecommunications, maritime law, and fine art, to stitch together a multilayered tale of how privilege works to protect itself. * Kirkus * Vivid, revelatory . . . What bothers Abrahamian, in the end, isnt the anarchic but the unfair; if capital is free, people deserve the same respect -- Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker
