{"id":27205,"date":"2015-01-06T06:57:48","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T06:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=27205"},"modified":"2015-01-06T06:57:48","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T06:57:48","slug":"tax-justice-provides-the-proper-intellectual-alternative-to-failed-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2015\/01\/06\/tax-justice-provides-the-proper-intellectual-alternative-to-failed-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax justice provides the proper intellectual alternative to failed markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/18f0a1ec-9277-11e4-b213-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=crm\/email\/201515\/nbe\/InTodaysFT\/product&amp;siteedition=uk#axzz3Nvakrjom\" target=\"_blank\">FT has an article <\/a>by Gideon Rachman this morning which is headlined as follows:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-06-at-06.30.29.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27206\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-06-at-06.30.29.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-01-06 at 06.30.29\" width=\"510\" height=\"97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-06-at-06.30.29.png 510w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-06-at-06.30.29-300x57.png 300w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-06-at-06.30.29-200x38.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I'd suggest that is unsurprising. The idea of markets that has been promoted is a destructive one. It os oligopolistic at best and by relying on tax cheating undermines the state and democracy, and a major proponent of it has been the USA. Is is any surprise that there is a lack of confidence?<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand my tax justice colleagues and I have been promoting ideas on cooperation that supports fair, open and transparent markets that concentrate on meeting need, using resources effectively and where a level playing field exists between all participants because the proper role of the state in underpinning that freedom to trade is recognised, respected and reflected in proper payment of tax. Democracy is supported as a result.<\/p>\n<p>The US needs to take note.<\/p>\n<p>But what it is fair to say is that the tax justice movement does provide a proper intellectual alternative to the intellectual conundrum Rachman identifies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FT has an article by Gideon Rachman this morning which is headlined as follows: &nbsp; I&#8217;d suggest that is unsurprising. The idea of markets<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2015\/01\/06\/tax-justice-provides-the-proper-intellectual-alternative-to-failed-markets\/\"><em> Read the full article&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}