Switzerland
A small open economy with an oversized banking and pharmaceutical sector, a currency that acts as a global safe haven, and an offshore wealth business whose secrecy model has been dismantled since 2008.
9 books
Start here
- Swiss MadeR. James Breiding, 2012
- The King of OilDaniel Ammann, 2009
- Treasure IslandsNicholas Shaxson, 2011
Books 9
Javier Blas, Jack Farchy · 2021 · The Swiss-domiciled commodity traders: Glencore, Vitol, Trafigura and their methods.
T2 Nazi Gold
Tom Bower · 1997 · The dormant-accounts scandal and the first serious breach of Swiss secrecy.
Daniel Ammann · 2009 · Marc Rich in Zug: how Swiss neutrality became a commodity-trading business model.
Nicholas Shaxson · 2011 · The tax-haven system and Switzerland's founding role in it.
T2 Swiss Made
R. James Breiding · 2012 · The best single account of how Swiss firms built durable niches.
Gabriel Zucman · 2015 · The measurement of offshore wealth, much of it booked in Switzerland.
Isabel Vincent · 1997 · Companion investigation into Swiss banks and looted wartime assets.
Bradley Birkenfeld · 2016 · Insider: the UBS banker whose disclosure ended cross-border Swiss secrecy.
T3 Meltdown
Duncan Mavin · 2024 · Credit Suisse's collapse and the end of the two-big-banks model.