Illiterate

The Laundromat | the Panama Papers and their “Secrecy World”

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Explaining the biggest worldwide monetary scandal everyone promptly forgot about. The Laundromat is out on Netflix, based on the book Secrecy World by Jake Bernstein.

Watch/read/listen:

  • (WATCH): the trailer for The Laundromat

    http://bit.ly/laundrotrail

  • (READ): about the boat sinking insurance scandal:

    http://bit.ly/boatsink

  • (READ): about the murder of the businessman in China:

    http://bit.ly/chinamurder

  • (READ): the full interactive database for the Panama Papers:

    http://bit.ly/panamapprs

  • Get a copy of Secrecy World:

    Shop your local indie bookstore

    Topics from today’s episode:

    01:30 - the movie’s comedic take

    02:20 - reasons for a shell company

    06:45 - strange origins of the company

    10:55 - tax avoidance or tax evasion

    12:45 - how they got so popular

    15:30 - who tried to stop this?

    17:10 - the pot starts boiling over

    22:00 - the real boating accident

    24:25 - the secret art world

    26:45 - the flood of leaks

    32:45 - the murder in China

    Contact:

    reach out on instagram - @illiteratepod

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