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
EU politics
El Nacional Cat.: Spain withdrew billions of euros from Catalan banks after referendum
The day after the Catalan independence referendum, so on 2nd October 2017, the Spanish state quietly removed the money public companies and authorities held in the two largest Catalan banks, Banc Sabadell and CaixaBank. Read […]
Economics
Reuters: China’s factories reopen, only to fire workers as virus shreds global trade
A brilliant example of the spiral we are facing. Short and succinct. Everyone was praising globalisation, but apparently they do no understand it. Read here
Corruption
VilaWeb – Luis Gonzalo Segura: “The Spanish army has adopted NATO’s standards but remains Francoist at heart”
The problem is that when you look a bit closer at EU member states what you find is anything but the enlightenment and democratisation that was supposed to have occurred. Read here
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