The IMF’s latest edition of Finance & Development carries a feature on tax havens by Nicholas Shaxson, a contributor to Brave New Europe and Tax Justice Network (author of Treasure Islands and the more recent The Finance Curse,) entitled Tackling Tax Havens
Austerity
Simon Wren-Lewis: Austerity and mortality
We have posted a number of articles and links concerning how austerity kills. In this article Simon Wren-Lewis analyses this phnomena in the UK and other European nations Read here
EU politics
Al Jazeera: Heavily criticised trial of activists adjourned in Greece
Two dozen humanitarian workers face espionage charges and possible jail sentences related to their work with refugees. Read here A Turkish police officer carries the lifeless body of Aylan Kurdi, 3, near the Turkish resort […]
Finance
The hunt for Toys R Us’ missing millions: Investigators probe a £580m loan moved to a tax haven just months before the store went bust
As usual, in the end we shall discover that this was “completely legal” and the pension fund will be left with a massive deficit. Read here
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