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EU politics
Tax Justice Network – The story of a tax haven: Cyprus
Its a long read, but gives a good overview of Cyprus as an EU tax haven. Read here
Tax
EU politics
Francis Weyzig – Meet Portugal, the new tax haven
“Lisbon – Europe’s best kept tax secret”. Portugal is offering foreigners tax dodges by buying property in their nation. The race to the bottom is heating up. Francis Weyzig is senior policy advisor at Oxfam Novib […]
Climate Crisis
Megan Darby – UN Shipping Climate Talks ‘Captured’ by Industry
The shipping industry is one of the main cotributors to CO² and nitrogen-oxide. It is hardly regulated with regard to emissions as this article documents. Megan Darby is Climate Home’s deputy editor. She previously wrote […]
EU politics
Nick Shaxson: Britain can’t prosper as a tax haven. It has to stop these hollow threats
There is nothing good to be said about tax-havens, except by those very few that profit from them. Britain’s threat to become Europe’s turbo tax-haven, should it not receive a good deal from the EU, […]
EU politics
David Shirreff – Nationalising banks: be careful what you wish for
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence – or the English Channel. Anyone who has experience with German Landesbanks, Sparkassen, or KfW knows that they are far from perfect. In […]
EU politics
Politico: France dials back on digital tax plans after US meetings
The great Macron movement seems to be going the usual EU neo-liberal route. Read here
Corruption
Tax Justice Network – October Podcast
In edition 70 of the Taxcast we look at the booming business of passports and residency for sale, and why it should worry us all. Also: even the IMF now advocates wealth taxes to combat […]
Finance
Max Lawson: Is inequality going up or down?
Originally published on Tax Research UK Lawson looks at the development of inequality worldwide. Read here
EU politics
Olivier Tonneau and Sophie Rauszer – Plan B vs EU: Refoundation before dislocation
As a new financial crisis threatens the world, actors of the radical Left will convene at the fifth Plan B summit to save Europe from the neoliberal regime leading it to the abyss. Olivier Tonneau […]
Finance
Richard Murphy – Money changes everything
We have posted a number of technical pieces refuting neo-classical economics. In the past two days we had two articles cross-posted from Progressive Pulse here and here which demonstrate this is practice. Both were in favour of […]