The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire | The Secret World of Finance

What this video covers

A feature-length documentary on how the City of London and Britain's overseas territories built a global web of offshore secrecy jurisdictions after the empire declined. It traces how this network captured and hid wealth from around the world.

Why it surfaced in Hacker News

Commenters repeatedly recommend it in tax haven and offshore finance threads as an excellent, low-budget overview of British offshore finance.

Recommendation context

Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.

“This is an incredible documentary about British tax havens”

“The guy who behind it not only did an excellent job”

“It's a superbly done documentary”