Complex tax dodging schemes by the ‘Big Four’ are constantly being thrown out by the courts. But why is nothing done to penalise them?
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Prem Sikka: The Big Four accountancy firms have long pushed tax avoidance. It’s time for regulation
Environment
rfi: France moves to ease pesticide ban to save sugar beet farmers
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Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory: Cashing in on the pandemic: how lawyers are preparing to sue states over COVID-19 response measures
As governments take action to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and prevent economic collapse big law firms, too, are watching the virus. Yet, their concern is not to save lives or the economy. Instead the lawyers […]
Economics
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The French and European agricultural crisis has demonstrated that no sustainable development trajectory is possible without a drastic reduction in the social inequalities and glaring injustices of our economic system. Instead, the public authorities in […]
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