ITEP | Taking all the policies of President Trump and the Republican majority in Congress into account, all but the richest Americans are paying higher taxes on average in 2026 than they did last year.
Source: Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
CEPR | There have long been concerns that US Supreme Court decisions increasingly favour economic elites. This column analyses 1,782 cases from 1953 to 2022 to examine how justices’ rulings directly shift economic resources between the ‘rich’ and ‘poor’. In the 1950s, Democratic- and Republican-appo...
Tax Justice Network | The fourth session of negotiations on a world-first UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation concluded last week in New York, bringing countries significantly closer to a consolidated zero draft ahead of the August negotiation session. Over eight days, governmen...
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...
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...