The imposition of German demands on Greece, without consideration for its democracy, sovereignty or interests, is one of those moments that changes everything. I grew
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Those big tax justice numbers, again
I wrote yesterday on an new report from Maya Forstater for the Center for Global Development on whether or not the tax lost to developing
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The new debt trap
The Jubilee Debt Campaign has a long tradition in fighting on a single issue that has caused and reinforced a great deal of poverty, and
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UK Government blocking progress on new global tax body
ActionAid, Christian Aid, Oxfam and Save the Children made the following joint statement today: At the third UN Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3) in
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The EU demands an end to Greek trade union rights
This is from the EU summary of the deal made with Greece: On labour markets [Greece must] undertake rigorous reviews and modernisation of collective bargaining,
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Peace in our time
Tsipras will return to Greece today holding a scrap of paper declaring that there will be peace in our time. Chamberlain did much the same
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Tax justice is not about big numbers
Maya Forstater has a blog and draft report out this morning via the Center for Global Development in which she asks whethere it has been
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In the pursuit of avarice the state is now just a commodity
As the FT notes this morning: The article is a rather depressing tour of what tax havens have on offer, countered by TJN’s John Christensen.
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Privatisation as the mechanism for dismantling the state
This quote, via Bloomberg, reveals what privatisation has always been about: Slovene Prime Minister Miro Cerar says a few open issues are making it hard for
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