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The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire

What the United Nationsand the IMF call errors and omissions are flight capital

What the United Nations
and the IMF call errors and omissions are flight capital

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What the United Nations and the IMF call errors
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and omissions are flight capital.
Duration
7 seconds
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14
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:10
Uploaded
Oct 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

How Britain transformed from an imperial power to a financial power.
It's the reason that it's omitted is they don't like - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
It's the reason that it's omitted is they don'...
In the 1930s, Roy Ovid Hall, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:13
In the 1930s, Roy Ovid Hall,
I was told, in Washington, the argument was, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
I was told, in Washington, the argument was,
"It's just, we don't look at it." - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:11
"It's just, we don't look at it."
You don't call it criminal inflow and outflow. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
You don't call it criminal inflow and outflow.
- [Narrator] In the 1960s and '70s, Britain was faced - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
- [Narrator] In the 1960s and '70s, Britain was faced
Money was flowing out, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
Money was flowing out,
Britain realized that it too could support the value - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:12
Britain realized that it too could support the value
But just as in the United States, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
But just as in the United States,
- The British banks today, just as in the 19th century, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
- The British banks today, just as in the 19th century,
They put their money into real estate speculation, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
They put their money into real estate speculation,
So the financialization - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:26
So the financialization
- [Narrator] With the silent backing of the United States, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
- [Narrator] With the silent backing of the United States,
And before long, the offshore system developed - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
And before long, the offshore system developed
Few were aware how this market functioned. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
Few were aware how this market functioned.
In 1986, economist John Christensen - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
In 1986, economist John Christensen
He applied for a position at the Jersey office - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
He applied for a position at the Jersey office
- At Deloitte Touche, I was working - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
- At Deloitte Touche, I was working
I went offshore specifically to work in that area, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:12
I went offshore specifically to work in that area,
That way, I could see, from working - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:11
That way, I could see, from working