What the Paradise Papers Tell Us About Global Business and Political Elites
Some observations about the Paradise Papers and the big business of tax avoidance.
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Treasury Secretary Mnuchin’s Forked Tongue on Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
It is an insult to intelligence for Steven Mnuchin to claim that the Trump tax plan isn’t a sop to the rich. That’s the GOP’s raison d’etre.
Read more...World Bank Must Stop Encouraging Harmful Tax Competition
The World Bank manages to make the IMF look good…..
Read more...Trump Administration Picks Bizarre Fight With IMF Over Report Backing Taxing the Rich
The IMF makes a careful case for more redistribution.
Read more...Wolf Richter: The Big Amazon Subsidy is Doomed
Amazon is losing more and more ground to states out to collect sales taxes.
Read more...Tax Breaks Make $50 Oil Profitable in the U.S.
A short overview of the importance of tax breaks to oil company profits.
Read more...Tax Sausage Making Begins, But Will Republicans Be Happy With the Result?
Tax “reform” is going to produce more Republican infighting and a bill that falls short of expectations. Pass the popcorn.
Read more...Taxcast: Hurricanes, Disaster Capitalism, Bitcoin and Over-Reliance on Unhelpful Economic Measures
On Tax Justice Network’s Taxcast, John Christensen and Daniel Mugge weigh in on hurricanes, tax havens, and disaster capitalism.
Read more...Will Disappointing Tax Reform Puncture the Stock Market Bubble?
Why the Trump tax reform is likely to be a damp squib.
Read more...School Funding Fight in Illinois: Billionaire Ex-Private Equity Governor Rauner v. 2 Million Students
Yves here. Notice how all the hysteria over evil Rooskies, North Korea, and neo-Nazis on the march has diverted media attention away from fights over economic issues? In Illinois, Governor Rauner is pushing through a scheme to curb funding to schools that is designed to hit lower property tax districts and Chicago particularly hard. Some […]
Read more...The Case Against a Consumption Tax
Why a consumption tax does not hold up under close scrutiny.
Read more...GOP and Democrats Push Trump on Tax Reform
Both parties only have sketches of tax reform plans, and each has basic deficiencies.
Read more...Why Tax Cuts for the Rich Solve Nothing
An update on Republican tax cut plans, and why they are economic chicanery.
Read more...Inequality: How We Got Here, and What Should Be Done
More discussion of the causes of rising inequality and possible remedies.
Read more...Mr. Market Starts to Question Trump Trade Delusion
A look at the “Trump trade” pearl clutching yesterday.
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