This was posted as a comment on the bnloog this morning but asks too important a question for it nopt to be shared – so
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The need to tackle the substance of tax havens
Vodafone won its tax appeal in India yesterday, saving it a substantial tax bill that India had been claiming was due on its takeover of
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Hang on a moment – isn’t that a ‘have you stopped beating your wife question?’ question
This is quite amusing. The Isle of Man has taken umbrage with Ed Miliband for his criticisms of the island’s continuing use as a tax
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Jersey – really all that good at compliance?
I loved this. On 16 January the Jersey Evening Press proudly says: OFFICIALS from Jersey went to the US Embassy in London last month to show the
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Romney’s Cayman Explanations Don’t Tell the Whole Story
The following comes from the Middle Class Political economist blog in the USA, and is shared with permission: Brian Beutler at Talking Points Memo has a story purporting
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Incorporation with limited liability is a privilege. It should not include anonymity
I’ve long argued for the contention in the title of this blog. I am convinced legal limited liability is a privilege – after all, if people sign
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If you want to tackle crony capitalism you have to say what you’re going to do to deliver it and have the will to deliver it
Nils Pratley accurately sums up Cameroon’s speech on capitalism yesterday: In short, there were few surprises in Cameron’s attempt to claim rights over that prized patch of
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If only the IMF, World Bank and WTO had taken heed of the Green New Deal in 2008
In July 2008, before the crash of Lehman Brothers, I and a group of other thinkers published The Green New Deal. In the forward to that document we
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It’s true: globalisation can only work if it’s regulated globally. And that we’ve refused to do, to date
Will Hutton argued in the Observer yesterday: Globalisation can work, but only with a unified international plan. We desperately needs economic and social institutions working
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