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This blog comes from the major new campaign 'Tackle Tax Havens.'
New research published by the Tax Justice Network shows that tax evasion costs 145 countries, representing over 98% of world GDP,...
Talk to a banker or hedge fund master of the universe about financial sector taxes and they'll apparently have to call you back from their Blackberry en-route to the airport, the rest of the company in tow, quite prepared to never set foot in the country again to avoid your unnecessary meddling. The world is their oyster they'll tell you – Frankfurt, Hong Kong, New York or somewhere even more exotic. So stop the talk of Robin Hood Taxes - or...
It’s often said that Adam Smith would turn in his grave if he knew what was argued in his name, and the latest Adam Smith Institute attack on the Robin Hood Tax would certainly be enough to make his skeleton blush crimson. In just eight pages it manages to be confused, exaggerated, dishonest and illogical, and if that’s...
At the G20 this week, a growing group of G20 countries from South Africa to Brazil backed the Robin Hood Tax, and the link between the Robin Hood Tax and fighting poverty and climate change became clearer than ever. Momentum is building and leaves leaders like David Cameron who opposed the tax looking increasingly isolated having sided not with the 99% suffering the effects of the economic crisis, but the interests of a privileged few...
