Oxford Centre for Business Taxation - a clarification
Thursday, June 28th, 2007I have been asked by senior academics at the above Centre to clarify my blog, posted on Monday. They have made clear to me none
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Corporate taxes are a political issue - not an economic one
Thursday, June 28th, 2007Down here in Oxford an academic took me aside to discuss my comments on Mike Devereux’s work, published hereon Monday. His argument was that a
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Oxford Centre for Business Taxation - how do they choose their samples?
Thursday, June 28th, 2007I’m at Oxford today and tomorrow for the annual conference of its Centre for Business Taxation. My views on the work of the Centre are
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The FT's really with us
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007Martin Wolf seems on a wavelength with Monday’s FT editorial when writing in today’s FT. He says: Critics would levy three big charges against modern
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TJN submits evidence to US Senate
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007The Tax Justice Network has submitted to the US Senate Finance Committee hearing on tax havens. Jersey and Guernsey both submitted evidence to that hearing
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Tax needs to be regulated, worldwide
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007Yesterday’s FT editorial was important. In it they said: The liberation of finance is one of the most significant transformations brought about by today’s era
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TJN in action - in the US
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007TJN USA is getting good press coverage: A recent presentation by Lucy Komisar of the Tax Justice Network at the Conference on Taming the Giant
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We only believe in competition when it suits us
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007I didn’t say that. What I am doing is paraphrasing the attitude of big business. Take this, for example, from today’s FT: Google on Monday
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Inequality harms everyone - except, maybe the very, very rich
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007The Guardian is running a series on inequality this week. If it’s as good as its opening article then it will be excellent. Read this
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