In this piece, written for International Politics and Society, I argue that the global investigation into the “Paradise Papers’ has created an opportune moment for wider debate about how the increasingly corrupt and out-of-control global financial system can be tamed. It is time, I argued, that tax-paying citizens recognised their power to create change, and to manage the globalized financial system in the interests of the many, not the few. To read the whole article please follow this link. http://www.ips-journal.eu/storage/regions/global/article/show/take-back-the-palace-2440/