Nicholas Shaxson on The Finance Curse

Nicholas Shaxson, author of The Finance Curse was my guest on today’s show. The Finance Curse lays out the case that an over-sized financial sector can be as much of a drain on a country’s economy as a resource like oil or copper, where one industry sucks money, talent, and investment out of other sectors of the economy. If you haven’t already and you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to this podcast and our mailing list, and don’t forget, my book, the Brexit: The Establishment Civil War, is now available for pre-order on Amazon. You’ll find the link in the description below. [**PRE ORDER BREXIT:THE ESTABLISHMENT CIVIL WAR HERE**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1789044901/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1789044901&linkCode=as2&tag=thejist00-21&linkId=713eb889ae4131bec19abcebdee517f6) [***Get 25% off podcast hosting with Podiant***](https://pcast.link/chatter/) ***RESOURCES*** [Order The Finance Curse Here](https://amzn.to/343zZbr) [https://www.theguardian.com/profile/nicholas-shaxson](https://www.theguardian.com/profile/nicholas-shaxson) [https://twitter.com/nickshaxson](https://twitter.com/nickshaxson) [https://financecurse.net/](https://financecurse.net/) [https://www.taxjustice.net/taxjustice-team/nicholas-shaxson/](https://www.taxjustice.net/taxjustice-team/nicholas-shaxson/) [https://www.taxjustice.net/author/nick/](https://www.taxjustice.net/author/nick/) Follow us on [Facebook]( https://www.facebook.com/justgivemethejist/) or [Twitter]( https://twitter.com/Give_Me_TheJist) or [sign up for our mailing list here]( http://eepurl.com/cSmT7v) to get information on my upcoming book, [Brexit: The Establishment Civil War](http://www.establishmentcivilwar.co.uk/). Music from Just Jim - [https://soundcloud.com/justjim](https://soundcloud.com/justjim)