Tax Justice Network | Starbucks provides a great example of how the current global tax system is abused in order to shift profits from producer countries in the Global South to multinational corporations headquartered in the Global North. It also shows why the current UN Tax Convention negotiations...
Tax Justice Network | The International Chamber of Commerce has published, circulated among delegates, and promoted at a side event a report claiming that the global implementation of withholding taxes under Article 12AA of the UN Model would produce net losses for the global South.
The Tax Justic...
Democracy Project NYU Law | Economic inequality and the weakening of collective institutions have hollowed out the ability of everyday people to shape political life and counterbalance concentrated wealth. With membership organizations dwindling and economic power translating ever more directly into...
Meer | More than a century after the original Scramble for Africa, a quieter but equally consequential contest for the continent’s land is unfolding. This time, the driving force is not overt imperial conquest but global climate action regarding carbon markets, renewable energy investments, conserva...
Stocktonia | In California, tech giants are warning that a proposed billionaire wealth tax will drive the ultra-rich out of the state. But historical examples suggest these fears often don’t materialize — most wealthy individuals stay put even after new taxes. As the debate heats up around a one-tim...
Public Services International | Groundbreaking research shows taxing multinational profits where they are generated at a 25% minimum could expand global public revenues by over $700 billion per year: enough to end extreme poverty ten times over.
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