For decades we have been told that Britain’s prosperity depends upon the success of the City of London. Politicians celebrate financial services, economists praise the
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Tax havens: what really happens behind closed doors?
What really happens inside a tax haven? John Christensen knows because he was there. As Jersey’s Head of the Government Economic Service, he witnessed first-hand
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Corruption is built into neoliberalism
I recently recorded another Funding the Future podcast with John Christensen, with whom I have discussed tax justice and corruption for more than twenty-five years.
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There is nothing in a tax haven
In this morning’s video I address the topic that, long ago, really got this blog going, which is tax havens. I note that I keep
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Jersey was once a place of refuge, and not the home of offshore finance
John Christensen, with whom I worked for many years in the Tax Justice Network, and I had the chance to catch up during our visit
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The late Pat Lucas
I am heading to Jersey today. It will be my first flight for four years. I can’t avoid it: the boat service at this time
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Jersey fights back – but the reality is that their government has no plan for the end of its finance sector
A week ago I published here the weekend essay I had written for the Jersey Evening Post, published by them on June 26. I made
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The people of Jersey have paid a heavy price to support the tax haven that has been imposed on them
I noted this in the Jersey Evening Post yesterday in response to my weekend essay on that Island’s economic future: THE scale of the shift
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Jersey has a future, but not in finance
A couple of weeks ago I was asked by Andy Sibcy, the editor of the Jersey Evening Post, if I might write an extended east
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