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How London Built The Offshore Machine
- Britain became the global enabler of hidden wealth by reusing imperial financial plumbing and creating an offshore rules-free space centered on London.
- Using dollars in London in the 1960s created a regulatory hole that grew into today’s $3 trillion offshore market, empowering the wealthy and weakening democracies.
The Dollar Loophole That Created Offshore
- The offshore concept originated when banks in London used dollar operations to bypass both British and American rules, creating a de facto rule-free market.
- That loophole scaled from about $4bn in 1960 to a $3trn global market, enabling wealth beyond democratic control.
Why Jeeves Illustrates Britain's Enabler Role
- Bullough tested the Butler metaphor by researching butler culture and found Reginald Jeeves an apt model for amoral enablers.
- Reading all the Jeeves stories revealed Jeeves as a rogue who perverts law and helps clients by any means for fees.