These are my links for March 20th through March 26th: Asia Times Online :: An imbalanced summit – . The IMF and world financial system
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Geithner looks like he got it wrong
Dennis Howlett has written a first rate blog summarising progressive reaction to Tim Geithner’s bail out plan for the USA. As he notes, Joe Stiglitz
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Berlin takes on the tax havens
Der Spiegel has a good article with the above title in English, on line here. Good to note they highlight the role of Malta —
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The Tories and tax havens
As the FT has noted: It’s normal practice in Parliamentary debates to declare any interests which could be relevant. During a debate on tax avoidance
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What tax havens do – 5 – they harm the operation of markets
In a recent editorial the Financial Times said: Every first-year economics student learns the conditions for an unregulated market, in theory, to function efficiently. The
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What tax havens do – 4 – they create financial instability
Many in tax havens / secrecy jurisdictions argue that the current world economic crisis started ‘onshore’. By that they mean in the UK, USA and
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What tax havens do – 3 – they facilitate corruption
This series on what tax havens will have, on occasion, to state the obvious. It is obvious to 99% of the world’s population that tax
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False Profits: Christian Aid nails the charges to the door
It’s a busy morning for publishing. Christian Aid has a new report out today that reveals in detail by country and trade sector, how much
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What tax havens do – 2 – they redistribute wealth from the poor to the rich
Tax havens / secrecy jurisdictions* deliberately, knowingly and successfully redistribute wealth from the poorest in society to the richest. They do this in many ways.
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