Ten years after the financial crash, how do we learn from it and create a new, visionary kind of economics that works for everyone? In this Taxcast Extra special podcast Naomi Fowler talks to economist Henry Leveson-Gower of Promoting Economic Pluralism and editorial director of the Mint … [Read more...]
Archives for 2017
Access to Swiss banking information for developing countries hangs in the balance
The attack on the commitment by Switzerland to share data on bank accounts with some developing countries has failed, for now. However, the issue of which restrictions should be put in place in data sharing is still a live one, opening the door for Swiss politicians to curtail this vital measure to … [Read more...]
Links Sep 5
UK at centre of secret bn Azerbaijani money laundering and lobbying scheme The Guardian Azerbaijan revelations could herald shake-up at Council of Europe The Guardian UK Prime Minister Theresa May challenged over Azerbaijani money-laundering scheme The Guardian Everything you … [Read more...]
Links Sep 1
It's a Myth That Corporate Tax Cuts Mean More Jobs The New York Times - Op-Ed See also: Report: Corporate Tax Cuts Boost CEO Pay, Not Jobs Institute for Policy Studies Failure to Prevent the Facilitation of Tax Evasion: New United Kingdom Corporate Criminal Offence The National Law Review Nairobi … [Read more...]
Links Aug 29
Is Hong Kong's Reputation for Financial Secrecy About to Change? The Diplomat 'Hong Kong commits to identifying companies’ beneficial owners – or does it?'. Cites TJN's Financial Secrecy Index. The Anonymous Companies That Protect Human Traffickers FACT Coalition … [Read more...]
Links Aug 25
Illicit Financial Flows: Why we should claim these resources for gender, economic and social justice awid Panama Papers case, Pakistan: Nawaz Sharif’s family challenge disqualification verdict Financial Express For analysis, listen to the TJN Aug 2017 podcast Panama Papers … [Read more...]
#10YearsAfter The Crash, how can we avoid another crisis? Tax Justice event
For those in the UK and able to get to London, we'd like to draw your attention to this #10YearsAfter the Crash event organised by Tax Justice UK on 14th September at the RSA in London (for those not in the UK or London we aim to film it and make it available online afterwards.) It's a free event … [Read more...]
Links Aug 23
African tax authorities consider how to boost revenue devex Developing Countries’ Role in International Tax Cooperation Martin Hearson's Blog EADI Nordic Conference 2017 // Globalization and International Tax Justice - video New Report: Anti-Money Laundering Efforts Near Failure FACT Coalition … [Read more...]
#10yearsafter the crash: the failure of HBOS and the lessons for reform
As part of our series of blogs #10yearsafter the crash we reproduce below details of new research in a timely new book, The Politics of Financial Risk, Audit and Regulation: A Case Study of HBOS. It's written by Professor Atul K. Shah, University of Suffolk who you can also follow here on twitter. … [Read more...]
The Offshore Wrapper – Friday 18 August
The Offshore Wrapper is our weekly roundup of news from the world of tax justice. If you want to receive the wrapper every week in your inbox, you can subscribe here. … [Read more...]
Unmissable: ‘The Spider’s Web: Britain’s Second Empire’ film and panel discussion
For those in the UK and able to get to London, there's an event as part of #10yearsafter the crash on 14th September 2017 that we'd like to draw your attention to which is organised by the Tax Justice Network and the recently formed Tax Justice UK. (For those not in the UK or London we aim to film … [Read more...]
#10yearsafter the crash what will the next one look like? Our August 2017 podcast
In the August 2017 Taxcast: #10yearsafter the crash we ask - what will the next one look like? Can we avoid it? Also: Panama Papers fallout - another Prime Minister bites the dust, this time in Pakistan the offshore law firm Mossack Fonseca has closed 39 of its 45 offices around the … [Read more...]
Swiss Politicians seek to block automatic exchange of banking information with developing countries
Could we be seeing a return to the bad old days of Swiss Banking? A right wing party in Switzerland, the Swiss People’s Party, has launched an assault on the automatic exchange of banking information, according to Swiss Daily Newspaper Tages Anzeiger. … [Read more...]
Our August 2017 Spanish language Podcast: Justicia ImPositiva, nuestro podcast de agosto 2017
Welcome to this month’s latest podcast and radio programme in Spanish with Marcelo Justo and Marta Nuñez, downloaded and broadcast on radio networks across Latin America and Spain. ¡Bienvenidos y bienvenidas a nuestro podcast y programa radiofónica! (abajo en castellano). In this month's programme: … [Read more...]
#10yearsafter the Crash: looking back at BBC coverage
When considering the lessons learnt and still to be learnt ten years after the Crash, it's worth reminding ourselves of research conducted into public broadcaster the BBC's famed impartiality through a major content analysis study conducted by academics at the Cardiff University School of … [Read more...]
