In this podcast, I discuss with John Christensen how capitalism and democracy have come apart, and why this was not an accident. Together, we explore
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A passport tax would solve the problem of tax refugees
The Guardian posted this comment yesterday: Wealthy UK nationals fleeing war in the Gulf are seeking sanctuary in countries such asĀ IrelandĀ and France to avoid hefty
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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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The Telegraph is right: Reeves should not increase taxes on lower and average income earners
The Telegraph can hardly contain its excitement about the forthcoming Tory conference as this week progresses, and as a result, it is doing all it
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Wealth taxes can only be built on the foundations created by those who fought tax havens
Way back in 2005, John. Christensen and I wrote what was to become the foundational document of tax justice, which it still is in many
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The Tax Justice Network achieved a lot in twenty years, but right now it is going nowhere
There are moments, I admit, when I wonder whether it is appropriate to talk about past achievements. There is always the risk that doing so
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What NGO tax justice campaigners could be doing right now
As readers of this blog will have noted, I was scathing of the Tax Justice Network’s new State of Tax Justice report a couple of
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The Tax Justice Network’s State of Tax Justice Report is hopelessly misleading, yet again
The Tax Justice Network has just published this as part of the launch of what it calls The State of Tax Justice Report 2023: Countries
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Where was the tax justice movement?
There is a strange dimension to the Zahawi story that needs to be noted. Despite the vast amount of comment made in the media on
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