Finance
Prem Sikka: Here’s how Caffe Nero made £2bn in sales but didn’t pay a penny in corporation tax
Prem Sikka explains how a company can make billions in profit, but book a loss at the end of the year, thus paying no taxes. Read here
Tax
Corruption
Richard Murphy – Guess who won from the Global Financial Crisis?
We have one tax scandal after the other. Not only do things not improve, they get worse. Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in International Political Economy, City University of London. He campaigns on issues […]
Deregulation
Prem Sikka: This decision will make a mockery of EU claims to be tackling tax havens
American Samoa, Guam, Namibia, Palau, Samoa and Trinidad and Tobago. What do these nations have in common besides that you probably do not know where they are on the map? They will probably be the […]
Economics
Richard Murphy – Modern Monetary Theory and tax havens
We at BRAVE NEW EUROPE have been highlighting Modern Monetary Theory. Here is another excellent article by Richard Murphy, this time in conjunction with tax avoidance Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in International Political […]
Corruption
Tax Justice Network – Taxcast for February
In this month’s Taxcast: we look at the United States, Trump’s tax reforms and the killing of the American Dream. Plus: as we see yet another school shooting, should the powerful National Rifle Association continue […]
EU politics
Aeron Davis: Is the British establishment finally finished?
The British elite in self-destruction mode. Aeron Davis looks at the developments in Britain’s establishment of the past 50 years and why it is inexorably dedicated to destroying itself – unfortunately with a lot of […]
Austerity
Guy Standing – Why Britain’s Tories do not believe in free markets
The claims of Brtain’s Coservative Party amounts to a lie. They have been building the most unfree market system ever conceived. Guy Standing is Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences, and Professorial Research […]
Economics
Richard Murphy – Public Sector Borrowing
We have been posting a number of articles regarding Modern Monetary Theory. Here Richard Murphy, one of the world’s leading tax experts, explains how it works, and the advantages. Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in […]
Economics
Thomas Fazi and William Mitchell – Tax havens must be closed, but not for the reasons you think
It is commonly believed that tackling tax evasion/avoidance is crucial to the viability of the welfare state and to the sustainability of public finances in Europe. A correct understanding of economics, however, tells a different […]
Finance
Prem Sikka: Big four auditing firms – Above the law?
They are not only above the law, they seem to make it. The big four auditing companies, PwC, Ernst & Young, KPMG, and Deloitte, provide frauds and fiddles, the production of questionable and false company […]