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

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