Piketty brings together two simple phenomena: a neo-liberal EU resulting in a neo-liberal/far-right success – in this case in Italy.
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Finance
Jan Fichtner: The Cayman conundrum: why is one tiny archipelago the largest financial centre in Latin America and the Caribbean?
A good summary of the role of the Cayman Islands as a tax haven. Hopefully that will start to change in 2020 after the UK Parliament passed a law imposing public registers of beneficial ownership […]
Finance
El País: Spain’s Labour Inspectorate forces Amazon to give 4,000 false freelancers work contracts
The online retail giant will also have to pay €6.16 million in Social Security contributions that were not paid while the staff were providing delivery services to the multinational Read here
Economics
Tax Justice Network – UK u-turns on commitment to tax transparency, giving up £10 billion in corporate tax
Odd that. Who would ever have thought that? Don’t expect anything different from the EU, just some cosmetic changes. Read here
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