Comments on: Book Review: The Complete Guide to Offshore Money Havens

By: Jon S. Stumpf

Jon S. Stumpf — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:50:41 +0000

I have been reading the Daily Articles and the Economics Blog at the Mises Institute. I find the blog very informative on Austrian Economics (vs. Hamilton/Keynes) and the ongoing global financial crisis. The blog typically advertises books that it recommends (and sometimes publishes) including collections around a particular topic of interest. I am intending to buy and read "The Mystery of Banking" by Murray N. Rothbard to help answer the same question. I just haven't gotten around to it. This book is actually part of two large reading lists that I got off the Education tab of the Campaign for Liberty site (one of Ron Paul's initiatives). All of these are on my "To be read" list. I pretty much finished all the web-accessible entries on the Bailout. - jss

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:35:46 +0000

Hi Stormy.
I’ve not really read books about finances, but here’s a movie that presents the root problems very clearly:
http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid=-9050474362583451279
After seeing this, it also became clear to me why future bubbles or system crises cannot be prevented by just regulatory means.

By: Stormy

Stormy — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:23:35 +0000

I’m not necessarily looking for one book to cover it all. I’m looking for good books that each cover at least a piece well.
In this case, “Offshore banks” have a mysterious aura around them here in the States. I was just curious to learn more about what it really offshore banks really mean to an American investor and how they really work.

By: emory

emory — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:12:45 +0000

well there’s no one book that will lay out everything accurately…
you’re probably better off auditing a berkeley or mit course and picking out the pieces that you want.
Why international finance anyway? If you know basic financing well the only added complication is the legal side and the currency side.
it also really depends if you’re looking for information from an investor’s standpoint, or from a more academic understanding …