The American Con Man Who Pioneered Offshore Finance

by Brooke Harrington | Aug 19, 2024 | Offshore Finance

2024, The Atlantic How a now-obscure financier turned the Bahamas into a tax haven—and created a cornerstone of global plutocracy. Keywords: Bahamas, offshore finance, colonialism, Wallace Groves

The Broligarchs Are Trying to Have Their Way

by Brooke Harrington | Aug 4, 2024 | Elites & Oligarchs

2024, The Atlantic The antidemocratic politics of having it all, from the perspective of the ultra-rich seeking to influence the 2024 US Presidential election. Keywords: 2024 election, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, broligarch

Mob Justice

by Brooke Harrington | May 29, 2023 | Elites & Oligarchs

2023, The Atlantic What do plutocrats and Supreme Court members get from being friends? Keywords: elites, Supreme Court, corruption, mafia

Break the Chain Between Russian Oligarchs and Managers, and You Break Everything

by Brooke Harrington | May 29, 2023 | Elites & Oligarchs

2023, New York Times How can we make sanctions on Russian oligarchs stick for a change? Sanction their wealth managers, severing the oligarchs’ connection to their offshore fortunes. Keywords: oligarchs, elites, sanctions, wealth managers, Russia, offshore...

Complex Systems of Secrecy: The Offshore Networks of Oligarchs

by Brooke Harrington | May 26, 2023 | Offshore System

2023, PNAS Nexus, doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad051; with Herbert Chang, Feng Fu & Daniel Rockmore. Following the invasion of Ukraine, the US, UK, and EU governments–among others–sanctioned oligarchs close to Putin. This approach has come under scrutiny, as...