Finance
Nick Shaxson: If tax havens scare you, monopolies should too. And vice versa.
An excellent article, although rather long. So if you have an hour on the weekend to dedicate to erudition read HERE
Tax
Economics
Michael Roberts – Tax Justice Now! by Gabriel Zucman and Emmanuel Saez
Taxing away billionaires to end inequality. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts Blog The Triumph of Injustice: how the rich dodge taxes and how […]
Economics
Nick Shaxson – “The Finance Curse – 20 reasons to shrink your local financial centre”
Countries whose economies are dominated by large financial centres suffer a “Finance Curse” that is rather similar in cause and effect to a “Resource Curse” that afflicts many countries whose economies are dominated by large […]
Finance
Prem Sikka: Tax dodging must be an issue in a snap election
Organised tax avoidance by corporations and the rich is costing the UK between £34bn/35bn & £122bn each year. The money that can be used for education, healthcare, security and redistribution. Read here
Climate Crisis
Gabriel Zucman, Emmanuel Saez: Taxing wealth – how to triumph over injustice
In this month’s episode we speak to Gabriel Zucman about his new book with co-author Emmanuel Saez – The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay. Plus, as […]
Economics
Prem Sikka: How companies use debt to line their pockets
Corporate debt and greed are going to sink the British economy, writes Prof Prem Sikka. Read here
Climate Crisis
MMT Conference 2019 – MMT and the Green New Deal (Part 1)
Introduction – Dirk Ehnts (0:49) 2. Fadhel Kaboub (7:58) 3. Maggie Dickinson (23:01)
Finance
Tax Justice Network: OECD reform weak on corporate tax havens, harsh on poorer countries
Hopes dashed as OECD’s reform plans expected to reduce profits booked in corporate tax havens by only 5 per cent Additional tax recovered from corporate tax havens will mainly benefit richest countries, while lower-middle income […]
Climate Crisis
Sam Lowe – Should the EU put a Tax on Imported CO2?
An EU carbon border tax would be tricky to design, costly to implement and sure to provoke legal challenges. But if done properly there are reasons to think it could succeed, says the Centre for […]
Economics
Thomas Piketty: What is a fair pension system?
It is perhaps time to abandon the old idea according to which reduction of inequalities should be left to income tax, while the retirement schemes should content themselves with reproducing them. Read here