Ever wonder where all the money goes?  Oliver Bullough has the answer: Moneyland!  Read it and weep.

Recommended  – if you think you can stomach it...

Anyone intrigued can dive right in and read some of the precursor articles that were later incorporated – in revised form – into Moneyland, along with more recent pieces covering more or less the same beat, here on Oliver Bullough's archive on The Guardian (scroll down for the earlier articles that were adapted for inclusion in Moneyland).