Author: Charles G. Davidson | Journal of Democracy

Charles G. Davidson is publisher of The American Interest and a former Freedom House board member. From 2014 to 2018, he was executive director of the Hudson Institute’s Kleptocracy Initiative.

October 2023, Volume 34, Issue 4

How Financial Secrecy Undermines Democracy

Charles G. Davidson
Ben Judah

An expansive underworld of hidden wealth lies beneath the everyday economy. This stealth network of tax havens, secret trusts, and offshore accounts is weakening democratic institutions and fueling our worst enemies.

January 2023, Volume 34, Issue 1

Shell Game

Charles G. Davidson

Trillions of dollars are stashed in the world’s secret financial system, where they are keeping autocratic regimes afloat and fueling democracy’s decline.