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Neoliberalism and the Moral Economy of Fraud: book review by Atul Shah
In Neoliberalism and the Moral Economy of Fraud, (Routledge, 2016) David Whyte and Jörg Wiegratz offer an edited collection exploring how neoliberalism has enabled the proliferation of systemic fraud across different geographical and social settings. TweetShare
Tax Justice Network in Global Top Tax 50
The Tax Justice Network has been recognised once again as being among the top fifty global organisations influencing geopolitical tax policy matters in 2016. According to International Tax Review: “Global tax transparency advances in 2016 have been influenced by TJN’s efforts and some of its biggest campaigns to date have earned it a place in the Global Top 50.” TweetShare
Taxing Rights and Human Rights in East Africa – new report
The East Africa Tax and Governance Network (EATGN) has today launched its first report on taxation and human rights in East Africa. TweetShare
French activists occupy BNP Paribas to protest against offshore secrecy jurisdictions
French activists occupy a branch of BNP Paribas to protest against that bank’s deep engagement in offshore secrecy jurisdictions. TweetShare
Public Event on Representation of Public Interest in Banking
YOU ARE INVITED TO REPRESENTATION OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN BANKING A FINANCE WATCH PUBLIC CONFERENCE – WEDNESDAY 7th DECEMBER 2016 A one-day conference Max. 120 participants Bibliothèque Royale, Brussels Register here Why is the public interest such a low priority in banking? The public interest is not being properly represented in banking and finance: eight years after Lehman Brothers collapsed, the EU’s
Read the full article…Coming soon: Tax Justice Network Japan
Following extensive discussion among scholars, researchers and activists, Japanese civil society has given the greenlight for preparations to be made for the launch of Tax Justice Network Japan. TweetShare
London and the Finance Curse: the view of a top development economist
The Globalist has just published an article by Helmut Reisen, former Head of Research at the OECD’s influential Development Centre, in which he discusses the developmental impact of the recent fall in the value of sterling. He comes to similar conclusions to those we blogged last month; allowing the pound sterling to decline in value against other currencies might provide
Read the full article…Brexit, Pound Sterling, and the Finance Curse
The significant fall in the value of the pound Sterling since the Brexit vote is likely to increase retail price inflation in Britain in the coming year. Many low income households will suffer steep rises in their costs of living. But in the long run might Sterling’s decline help rebalance the UK’s economy, which is burdened with an over-sized financial
Read the full article…The Economist – How to crack a shell
We love this cartoon from this week’s edition of The Economist, which comes from a lengthy article about the forthcoming anti-corruption summit in London. TweetShare
Tax Justice Focus – The Corruption Issue
As Britain prepares to host a global Corruption Summit in London next week, the Panama Papers have raised awkward questions about the country’s role as an enabler of transnational organised crime. Meanwhile evidence is emerging that ordinary people in Britain no longer accept the elites’ version of what constitutes corruption. TweetShare
TJN Annual Discussion Workshop on Corruption and the Role of Tax Havens – programme
Discussion Workshop Corruption and the Role of Tax Havens #tjn16 City University, London, 28th – 29th April 2016 Oliver Thompson Lecture Theatre, Northampton Square EC1V 0HB FINAL PROGRAMME TweetShare
Oxfam: the International Finance Corporation and tax havens – new report
Monday 11th April Oxfam has launched a new briefing on the IFC and tax havens. This briefing will also be presented and discussed at our event at the World Bank CSO forum on Friday 15th of April at 11 am-12.30 in Washington DC. TweetShare
Why Infantino’s claims he did nothing wrong are wrong
Cross-posted from our partner website The Offshore Game Infantino’s involvement in a dodgy deal over Champion’s league TV rights are no proof of corruption, but at a minimum they are proof that he is completely unfit to lead FIFA into a new era of transparency and accountability. TweetShare
Majority of British public want David Cameron to act on the tax havens, poll shows
From our partners at Global Witness, published this morning A ComRes poll commissioned by Christian Aid and Global Witness and carried out immediately before [1] the Panama Papers exposé broke found overwhelming support among Brits for UK government action on the UK’s tax havens – its ‘Overseas Territories’. TweetShare
