The Panama Papers revealed to the world just how deeply enmeshed tax havens are in the global economy. And for 100 years, Canadian banks, businessmen and politicians have worked to build that offshore system, alongside crooks, fraudsters and corrupt officials. To learn more: <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Treasure-Islands-Uncovering-Offshore-Banking/dp/0230341721/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1540867660&sr=8-1&keywords=treasure+islands"> Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens</a> by Nicholas Shaxson <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Canada-Country-Shaped-Caribbean-Becoming/dp/0889228361/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1540867696&sr=1-1&keywords=canada+a+new+tax+haven"> Canada: A New Tax Haven: How the Country That Shaped Caribbean Tax Havens is Becoming One Itself</a> by Alain Deneault <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE6_fsP5E7A">The Billionaire and the Bank</a> (Global News 16x9)<a href="http://commonspodcast.com" rel="payment">Support COMMONS: http://commonspodcast.com</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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COMMONS Presents: Inside Kabul INSIDE KABUL is a multi-award winning series that follows the daily life of two young Afghan women, Marwa and Raha. Both have been recording their daily lives since the arrival of the Taliban in August 2021. Should they stay? Leave? And when they leave, what does exile look like?As they contemplate their futures, Raha and Marwa exchange and record hundreds of voice notes with noted French journalist Caroline Gillet. What emerges is a raw and incredibly intimate chronicle of two young women coming of age amidst the collapse of the world they had known.Original podcast broadcast on France INTER / RADIO FRANCE © RADIO FRANCE. Canadaland is proud to premiere the English-language adaptation of this urgent and intimate podcast, building on Commons' crucial season that told the story of Canada’s role in the War in Afghanistan.COMMONS is a documentary podcast that proves Canada is anything but boring. Each season, host Arshy Mann guides you through the country’s dark underbelly, bringing you stories about crime, corruption and all manner of misdeeds.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.