Capital without Borders

Brooke Harrington

Related Links

• Read a New Yorker feature, informed by discussion with Brooke Harrington, on how a dispute with their wealth manager Marlena Sonn is exposing the financial dirty laundry of the legendary Getty family
• On Marketplace, listen to Professor Harrington describe the “social death” of the Russian oligarchy in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
• On ABC’s Good Morning America, watch Harrington contextualize UK government sanctions against Roman Abramovich, a “pro-Kremlin oligarch”
• In the Washington Post, read Harrington on how the spring 2022 sanctions on Russia show how quickly tax havens can act—when they want to
• In the Atlantic, read Harrington’s case that the sanctions enacted in the wake of Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine are far more effective than past efforts by Western powers to target the Russian elite
• On the Vanity Fair podcast Inside the Hive, listen to Harrington analyze the means and motives of the ultrarich Russian oligarchs backing Vladimir Putin
• At the New York Times, read Harrington’s argument that Donald Trump’s tax avoidance is “a tax on the rest of us”
• At the Guardian, read Harrington’s comparison of bad behavior by the ultra rich with that of the poor—and analysis of the popular reaction to each
• Read Jacobin interview with Harrington in the wake of autumn 2017’s “Paradise Papers” info dump
• Listen to Harrington discuss “lifestyles of the rich and hidden” on WNYC’s On the Media
• At The Nation, read an interview with Harrington about the role wealth managers play in the perpetuation of global inequality and the undermining of democracy
• At Aeon, read Harrington’s discussion of the importance of that basic human feeling—trust—to building a solid relationship between wealth managers and their ultra-rich clients
• On NPR’s podcast The Hidden Brain, listen to Harrington discuss the bizarre universe of the ultra-rich—and the incredible intimacy of their relationships with their wealth managers
• Read Harrington’s thoughts on the Paradise Papers at the Atlantic, BBC News, the Christian Science Monitor, Fox News, the Irish Times, and Kenya’s The Star
• At the HUP Blog, read Harrington on why the Paradise Papers matter
• At the Washington Post, read Harrington’s argument that while Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks are indeed collectively wealthier than any other Cabinet in history, the real damage to democracy will occur if and when those individuals fail to put the country’s interests before personal gain
• Listen to Harrington discuss how the one percent hide their money on Australia Radio National’s LateNightLive and on the history of capitalism podcast Who Makes Cents?
• In the Guardian, read an excerpt from Capital without Borders on the daily paranoia and intrigue central to a wealth manager’s mission
• In the Atlantic, read Harrington’s report on the intimate relationship between the ultra-rich and those who keep them so financially comfortable
• Also at the Atlantic, read Harrington’s explanation of how tax haven status contributes to a country’s political corruption and social decline and reminiscence of her own undercover training to become a wealth manager
• Listen to Harrington discuss the “Panama Papers” and the issues they raise with the BBC World Service’s World Have Your Say (starting at 27:40) and Radio New Zealand’s Nine to Noon
• Read an excerpt from Capital without Borders in Der Freitag [in German]
• Visit Harrington’s website
• Browse a selection of HUP works on capitalism and its discontents

Buy Elsewhere

• Bookshop.org »
• Amazon »
• Barnes & Noble »