Nobody expected a shortage of bed linen in hotels to be a consequence of Brexit. But along with shortages of food, cars, blood testing bottles
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What can be done about tax havens?
In the first four videos in this series on tax havens I have explored how they work, what they abuse, and why that abuse should
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Why are tax havens harmful?
In the first three videos in this series on tax havens I explored why tax havens should really be called secrecy jurisdictions, what tax havens
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How do tax havens work?
In this third video in a series on tax havens I look at how tax havens work. As I explained in the first video in
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What are tax havens used for?
In this, the second in a series of five videos on tax havens, I look at what tax havens are now used for. Because of
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What is a tax haven?
When I first began working on tax havens in the early years of this century it quickly became very clear that there was no precise
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The failure of the Afghan economy is not about Western policy as such, it is about the West’s willingness to tolerate corruption in all its forms as what it sees as an essential part of the economy
From my Twitter comments this morning: From the FT this morning, but the same could be said for much of the West in the same
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We need change to tackle climate change very urgently. And the Tories are determined nothing should happen.
The Tories in Scotland published this tweet in response to the new SNP -Green political partnership. Our vital North Sea sector is under threat from
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Afghanistan needs a functioning currency and tax system – and like it or not the West has to help it create both if a humanitarian disaster is to be avoided
It all comes down to money at some point. Astonishingly, the Taliban might be able to sweep across Afghanistan in days and take Kabul without
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