{"id":38166,"date":"2018-09-23T07:28:47","date_gmt":"2018-09-23T12:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=38166"},"modified":"2018-09-23T07:28:47","modified_gmt":"2018-09-23T12:28:47","slug":"watch-the-spiders-web-britains-second-empire-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=38166","title":{"rendered":"Watch: The Spider&#8217;s Web &#8211; Britain&#8217;s Second Empire Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-09-22\/watch-spiders-web-britains-second-empire-revealed\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Watch: The Spider&#8217;s Web &#8211; Britain&#8217;s Second Empire Revealed<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1274\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1274\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-2077925_22=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-2077925_22=\"1\">\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>At the demise of empire, City of London financial interests created a web of secrecy jurisdictions that <strong>captured wealth from across the globe and hid it in a web of offshore islands<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Today, up to <strong>half of global offshore wealth is hidden in British jurisdictions<\/strong> and Britain and its dependencies are the largest global players in the world of international finance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/2018-09-22_6-45-01.jpg?itok=M6dE2y-b\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/2018-09-22_6-45-01.jpg?itok=M6dE2y-b\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/2018-09-22_6-45-01.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2018-09-22_6-45-01.jpg?itok=M6dE2y-b 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"253\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"e7cd41a8-0d75-4874-b004-316dc0995f61\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Spider\u2019s Web: Britain\u2019s Second Empire<\/em>, is <strong>a documentary film that shows how Britain transformed from a colonial power into a global financial power. <\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"max-width-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"fitvid384736\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/np_ylvc8Zj8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxjustice.net\/taxcast\/\"><em>Source: Tax Justice Network<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Spider&#8217;s Web was substantially inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/theguardian\/2011\/jan\/08\/jersey-tax-haven-nicholas-shaxson\">Nicholas Shaxson&#8217;s book Treasure Islands<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/independentdocumentary\"><em>Sponsor the next film on Patreon<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch: The Spider&#8217;s Web &#8211; Britain&#8217;s Second Empire Revealed At the demise of empire, City of London financial interests created a web of secrecy jurisdictions that captured wealth from across the globe and hid it in a web of offshore islands. 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