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<p>Global Finance examines the interconnected systems of money, markets, and power that shape the world economy. It explores international banking, trade, and monetary policy revealing how financial institutions, governments, and corporations influence globalization, inequality, and economic stability.</p>
  • Editorial illustration showing HSBC’s historical link from the 19th-century opium trade to modern money laundering scandals, blending ships, opium crates, and skyscrapers.

    HSBC: From Opium to Cartels – The Shadow History of Global Finance

    When we think of global banks today, we imagine polished skyscrapers, high-tech trading floors, and (brand) slogans about “the world’s local bank.” But behind the polished PR lies a story stretching back centuries; one rooted not in innovation, but in narcotics, weapons, and empire. HSBC was built on opium profits and still profits from cartel [...] More
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