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The Taxcast is a monthly podcast/radio show from the Tax Justice Network sizzling with the latest developments in the corrupt world of tax havens, financial secrecy and tax dodging. We explore these most challenging ethical and economic issues of our times, with transformational economic analysis you won’t hear anywhere else.
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The People vs Microsoft from 2023-11-30T15:57
On the Taxcast this month, the story of what happened when the US tax authorities, the IRS, decided to crack down on Microsoft, one of the world's biggest tech companies. Worthy of a thriller mo...
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Drug War Myths, Part 2 from 2023-10-26T17:05
The US government has spent an estimated $1 trillion on their ‘war on drugs.’ But over 50 years later, the cross-border flows of illegal drugs, arms and money have increased. In the second part ...
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Drug War Myths, Part 1 from 2023-09-28T16:10
The US government has spent an estimated $1 trillion on their 'war on drugs.' But, over more than 50 years, the cross-border flows of illegal drugs, arms and money have increased. It's a mess. A...
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Who owns the climate crisis? from 2023-07-27T19:15
We're experiencing the hottest global temperatures ever recorded. For millions of us, the climate crisis is already hitting hard. And we need to know, we must know - WHO are the beneficial owner...
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Spoiled pets and private jets from 2023-06-29T18:07
In this episode Naomi Fowler looks at how the very wealthy shape the world, why the rest of us really, really can't afford them. And, how it never ends just with the pet mansio...
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Monopolies and market power from 2023-05-25T20:34
When dominant multinationals get to run the world, it's not a happy place. Or a very secure one. For a long time governments have failed to take the threat from monopolies and the corporate conc...
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Tax Saves Lives from 2023-05-01T20:15
It's horrific that there are so many people across the world who still don’t have access to ‘survival rights.’ Things like basic sanitation, clean water, quality edu...
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Organised crime and financial secrecy from 2023-02-23T22:22
After 30 years on the run, Italy's most wanted fugitive Matteo Messina Denaro of the Cosa Nostra has been arrested in Sicily. We look at the costs of organised crime, both economic and societal,...
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The Making of Tax Haven Mauritius from 2023-01-31T23:15
In this extended special episode of the Taxcast, we look at the 'Desai Papers' - the story you probably never heard of: it goes back decades and looks at a key player in the making of tax haven ...
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The Day Global Power Shifted from 2022-12-16T21:50
There's been a shift in global power, a tax justice milestone, and the powerful nations couldn't stop it...
In this episode, Naomi Fowler gives you a fly-on-the-wall take on what happened...
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Uncommon Wealth and the 'boomerang effect' from 2022-11-18T16:06
In this episode, Taxcast host Naomi Fowler discusses sovereignty, the 'boomerang effect' and the relevance of the 'Third World Movement' today to ...
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Education rights and tax justice from 2022-10-13T20:34
In this episode: Nelson Mandela famously said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Yet millions of children in the world still don’t even get to walk t...
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Tax and Racial Justice from 2022-09-22T17:57:53
In this episode, Taxcast host and producer Naomi Fowler explores tax as a tool for racial justice and the launch of a new report by Decolonising E...
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Crooked Crook Ltd: company registration scandals from 2022-07-28T15:48:11
In this episode Taxcast host Naomi Fowler investigates the phenomenon of pop-up sweet shops on Oxford Street an...
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Amazon's tax challenge from 2022-06-30T17:56
Annual shareholder’s meetings used to be pretty staid and boring affairs. But, as inequality has boomed along with corporate profits, AGMs are becoming sites of protest. In this episode Listen
Financial Secrecy Index 2022 from 2022-05-18T18:43:16
Which nations are the world's biggest financial secrecy offenders? And what does it tell us about the world, about politics and about democracy? How high does your country rank in facil...
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NonDoms unmasked from 2022-04-28T13:52:31
On the Taxcast we ask - do politicians believe in the societies they serve or not? Are they really a part of them, or do they live in a parallel world with different rules to ordinary people? Th...
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Butler Britain from 2022-03-22T19:00:10
In this episode of the Taxcast, Naomi Fowler speaks with journalist and anti-corruption campaigner Listen
Stolen Dreams from 2022-02-21T20:08:57
In this episode we bring you the story of a pensioner robbed of his dream retirement and his fight for justice in multiple jurisidctions. Tax havens and secrecy jurisdictions don't just hurt us ...
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2022: Hopes and Fears from 2022-01-26T16:56:50
In the first Taxcast for 2022, Naomi Fowler talks with tax justice and anti-corruption campaigners and experts in Europe, Africa, the US and Latin America. What are our hopes and fears for 2022?...
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Jersey's Pandora's Boxes from 2021-12-16T18:50:55
In edition 117 we take you to the tax haven of Jersey off the coast of France and the intruiging story of the discovery of 333 boxes of incriminating evidence of fraud. Those boxes have revealed...
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Tax Haven Ireland from 2021-11-25T20:34:53
In this episode: Ireland only has 0.1% of the world’s population, but they became one of the biggest tax havens on the planet. What’s that meant for Irish people, and their road ahead? Listen
Tax Haven Ireland from 2021-11-25T20:34:53
In this episode: Ireland only has 0.1% of the world’s population, but they became one of the biggest tax havens on the planet. What’s that meant for Irish people, and their road ahead? Listen
Rethinking economies from 2021-10-21T20:03:22
In this episode Taxcast host Naomi Fowler discusses degrowth, rethinking economies and value in part 2 of her c...
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Rethinking economies #115 from 2021-10-21T20:03:22
In this episode Naomi Fowler discusses degrowth, rethinking economies and value in part 2 of her conversation with economic anthropologist Jason Hickel. Plus: the Pandora Papers - 3 things the late...
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Degrowth: liberation from growthism from 2021-09-23T15:29:50
In this episode, Naomi Fowler explores degrowth and how we liberate ourselves from ‘growthism’ with economic anthrop...
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Degrowth: liberation from growthism #114 from 2021-09-23T15:29:50
In this episode, Naomi Fowler explores degrowth and how we liberate ourselves from ‘growthism’ with economic anthropologist Jason Hickel. (The full converation will be released soon as a Taxcast Ex...
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The capture of Malta and the fight for justice from 2021-07-23T11:11:05
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The capture of Malta and the fight for justice #113 from 2021-07-23T11:11:05
This month Naomi Fowler speaks with Paul Caruana Galizia, one of the sons of Malta’s incredible investigative journalist and anti-corruption champion Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was assassinated in...
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Taxcast Extra: The Whiteness of Wealth (2) from 2021-07-15T11:55:47
We’ve had the honour before on the Taxcast of speaking with law Professor Dorothy Brown in Listen
The Real American Dream - in Scandinavia from 2021-05-27T17:46:27
This month Taxcast host Naomi Fowler talk...
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The Real American Dream - in Scandinavia #112 from 2021-05-27T17:46:27
Millionaire & wealth tax campaigner Djaffar Shalchi shares his experience of moving from Iran to grow up in Denmark, the high tax Scandinavian society he values so highly as an antrepreneur & as a ...
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Taxcast Extra: Hong Kong raises its stock transfer tax as Wall St escapes from 2021-04-27T18:10:07
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From an uncaring to a caring economy from 2021-04-22T15:25:02
Caring for others is the highest thing anyone can do in this world. Yet our governments don’t value care either in the policies t...
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From an uncaring to a caring economy #111 from 2021-04-22T15:25:02
Caring for others is the highest thing anyone can do in this world. Yet our governments don’t value care either in the policies they create, and they don’t value it monetarily. We look at how we mo...
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Taxcast Extra: The Whiteness of Wealth from 2021-04-08T23:15:17
Law Professor Dorothy Brown speaks with political economist Listen
How Economics Ruins Economies from 2021-03-25T18:11:38
Much of the world is run on the basis of economic theories that have become accepted truths of our era. But they actually have very little evidence to back them up. This month, Listen
How Economics Ruins Economies #110 from 2021-03-25T18:11:38
Much of the world is run on the basis of economic theories that have become accepted truths of our era. But they actually have very little evidence to back them up. This month, finance journalist a...
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Casino Capitalism and a just transition from 2021-02-25T17:02:23
In this month's episode: we know the world’s broken. Apparently we need $9 trillion to fix it. We find out how we can pay for the pandemic and a just transition with Listen
Casino Capitalism and a just transition #109 from 2021-02-25T17:02:23
In this month's episode: we know the world’s broken. Apparently we need $9 trillion to fix it. We find out how we can pay for the pandemic and a just transition. Plus: Casino Capitalism: what reall...
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How we win from 2021-01-21T17:15:40
This month Naomi Fowler speaks to activist and writer Ben Phillips about how Listen
How we win #108 from 2021-01-21T17:15:40
Naomi Fowler speaks to activist and writer Ben Phillips about how past struggles for justice were won and how we can win them again. We discuss valuable lessons from his book How To Fight Inequalit...
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Taxing Wall Street from 2020-12-17T19:49:20
This month we take a look at the transformative power of financial transactions taxes. There’s a chance that New York, ...
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Taxing Wall Street #107 from 2020-12-17T19:49:20
This month we take a look at the transformative power of financial transactions taxes. There’s a chance that New York, home to two of the world's largest stock exchanges, could be about to set an i...
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How secrecy kills: Beirut explosion from 2020-11-19T19:08:32
This month: we look at the terrible Beirut explosion and how the story of tracing those responsible tells us everything that's wrong with our world.
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How secrecy kills: Beirut explosion #106 from 2020-11-19T19:08:32
This month: we look at the terrible Beirut explosion and how the story of tracing those responsible tells us everything that's wrong with our world.
Plus, we discuss what President-elect Biden'...
A reparational justice journey: from 2020-10-29T14:02:55
This month we go on a reparational justice journey and speak to the Council for World Mission about their Listen
A reparational justice journey: #105 from 2020-10-29T14:02:55
This month we go on a reparational justice journey and speak to the Council for World Mission about their Legacies of Slavery project and economist and reparations specialist Priya Lukka. Plus: aus...
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#104: 'Competition' is killing us from 2020-09-24T18:00:08
How a competition lawyer's eyes were opened to the dangers of letting companies get too big and form monopolies. We talk to Michelle Meagher about her book just out: Competition is Killing Us: How ...
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The Taxcast Trailer: dip your toe in from 2020-09-09T16:41:05
How do we stop ourselves sleepwalking into another Great Depression?
Join me Naomi Fowler and John Christensen for the Taxcast from the Tax Justice Network. We talk about how we take back...
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Taxcast Extra: How much wealth is stashed offshore? from 2020-07-27T11:09:44
In this special extended interview we ask - how much wealth is stashed offshore? We speak to Tax Justice Netwo...
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Racism and tax justice Part 2 from 2020-07-23T11:17:19
This month we bring you part 2 on how tax justice can help address systemic racism in the US. Author Shawn Rochester, (The Black Tax: the cost of bein...
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#103: racism and tax justice Part 2 from 2020-07-23T11:17:19
This month: part 2 on tax justice & systemic racism in the US. Author Shawn Rochester does some number crunching on the historic denial of equality & economic costs of exclusion, Gabriel Zucman spe...
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Racism and tax justice Part 1 from 2020-06-25T20:26:08
This month we look at the United States and how tax justice can help address systemic racism. Plus: did you know Listen
#102: racism and tax justice Part 1 from 2020-06-25T20:26:08
This month we look at the United States and how tax justice can help address systemic racism. Plus: did you know Britain's slave owners compensation loan was only settled by the government in 2015 ...
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Tax collection, a labour of love from 2020-05-22T12:06:06
This month, we cover the story the mainstream media aren’t telling you – how governments around the world are undermining our tax collection services. We look at h...
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#101: tax collection, a labour of love from 2020-05-22T12:06:06
This month, we cover the story the mainstream media aren’t telling you – how governments around the world are undermining our tax collection services. We look at how the South Africa Revenue Servic...
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Healthy economies from 2020-04-23T16:49:50
This month: from the ashes of this coronavirus crisis how can we build a better economic and socially just system that works for all of us? The pandemic also exposes the pile-up of unaddressed c...
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#100: healthy economies from 2020-04-23T16:49:50
This month: from the ashes of this coronavirus crisis how can we build a better economic and socially just system that works for all of us? The pandemic also exposes the pile-up of unaddressed cris...
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Climate crisis, transition and tax justice from 2020-03-19T15:21:44
How many more signs do we need to tell us we must urgently reform our economies, keep essential services out of private...
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#99: Climate crisis, transition and tax justice from 2020-03-19T15:21:44
How many more signs do we need to tell us we must urgently reform our economies, keep essential services out of private hands and transition away from fossil fuels? As the world buckles up for a di...
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Financial Secrecy Index: who are the world's worst offenders? from 2020-02-20T15:58:33
In this special extended Taxcast, Naomi Fowler takes you on a whistle-stop guided tour on an express train around the w...
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#98: Financial Secrecy Index: who are the world's worst offenders? from 2020-02-20T15:58:33
In this special extended Taxcast, Naomi Fowler takes you on a whistle-stop guided tour on an express train around the world, looking at the worst offenders selling secrecy services. What can nation...
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Another Great Depression or tax justice and transparency? from 2020-01-23T15:23:37
The Taxcast kicks off the new decade with:
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#97: Another Great Depression or tax justice and transparency? from 2020-01-23T15:23:37
The Taxcast kicks off the new decade with:
- the French strikes - tax justice and pensions vs financialisation
- the EU countries who've missed the deadline on publishing registers of real ...
The financialisation of child and elderly care from 2019-12-19T17:11:32
This month we ask - what's going on with our pre-school childcare and elderly care home services? We take a long hard look at the financialisation of our services and what we can do about it. Pl...
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#96: the financialisation of child and elderly care from 2019-12-19T17:11:32
This month we ask - what's going on with our pre-school childcare and elderly care home services? We take a long hard look at the financialisation of our services and what we can do about it. Plus:...
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Paradigm shifts on tax and 'the uncounted' from 2019-11-21T17:28:35
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#95: paradigm shifts on tax and 'the uncounted' from 2019-11-21T17:28:35
This month we speak to Tax Justice Network CEO Alex Cobham on his new book The Uncounted on the politics of counting. Who's missing from the stats, from the bottom to the very top? And how can we c...
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Taxing wealth - how to triumph over injustice from 2019-10-25T09:01:35
In this month's episode we speak to Gabriel Zucman about his new book with co-author Emmanuel Saez - Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make...
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#94: Taxing wealth - how to triumph over injustice from 2019-10-25T09:01:35
In this month's episode we speak to Gabriel Zucman about his new book with co-author Emmanuel Saez - Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay. Plus, as Extinction Reb...
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A New Vision for Europe amid the Brexit vortex from 2019-09-27T13:16:57
In this month's episode we discuss a new vision for Europe amid, or in spite of the Brexit vortex: plus - Britain's about to become the neighbour from hell, post-B...
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#93 A New Vision for Europe amid the Brexit vortex from 2019-09-27T13:16:57
In this month's episode we discuss a new vision for Europe amid, or in spite of the Brexit vortex: plus - Britain's about to become the neighbour from hell, post-Brexit: how can the EU defend citiz...
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Ethical accounting, Brexit crisis and threats to public health services from 2019-08-28T19:40:04
In this month's Taxcast: ethics and accountancy - yes they can go together! Plus: as Britain sinks into full crisis-mode over Brexit, we bring you unique analysis ...
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#92: Ethical accounting, Brexit crisis and threats to public health services from 2019-08-28T19:40:04
In this month's Taxcast: ethics and accountancy - yes they can go together! Plus: as Britain sinks into full crisis-mode over Brexit, we bring you unique analysis on some of the far-reaching conseq...
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Immigration as Reparations for global inequality from 2019-07-23T11:01:03
Immigration as reparations: we speak with multiple award winning Suketu Mehta about his new book: This Land Is Our L...
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#91: Immigration as Reparations for global inequality from 2019-07-23T11:01:03
Immigration as reparations: we speak with multiple award winning Suketu Mehta about his new book: This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto on the fastest way to fix global inequalities and i...
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Speaking tax justice in five languages from 2019-07-15T21:21:49
The Tax Justice Network now speaks tax justice in five languages on radio stations and podcast platforms across the world, each with their own unique content and s...
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The Corporate Tax Haven Index from 2019-06-26T13:29:07
This month we look at the new Corporate Tax Haven Index released by the Tax Justice Network. What does it tell us about the global economy and the international ta...
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#90: the Corporate Tax Haven Index from 2019-06-26T13:29:07
This month we look at the new Corporate Tax Haven Index released by the Tax Justice Network. What does it tell us about the global economy and the international tax system? And how can we fix it?
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Transforming local economies: the Preston Model from 2019-05-23T19:53:42
In this special extended edition of the May 2019 Taxcast we go to Preston in the North of England to see the Preston Model in action and how they're transforming t...
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#89 Transforming local economies: the Preston Model from 2019-05-23T19:53:42
In this special extended edition of the May 2019 Taxcast we go to Preston in the North of England to see the Preston Model in action, and how they're transforming their local economy and democratiz...
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Tax haven Jersey: inequality and dysfunction from 2019-04-25T23:15:28
In this special extended edition of the April 2019 Taxcast, broadcast from the tax haven of Jersey:
- we explore Jerse...
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Tax haven Jersey: inequality and dysfunction #88 from 2019-04-25T23:15:28
The April 2019 Taxcast is broadcast from the tax haven of Jersey: we explore Jersey's rising inequality levels, its dysfunctional political system and we speak to the fire-starters of the global ta...
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Media Misreporting on Finance from 2019-03-21T16:15:11
This month we discuss misleading reporting from the mainstream media on the financial crisis: it was overloaded with finance 'experts', fed misunderstandings on the financial crash, sold us the ...
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Media Misreporting on Finance #87 from 2019-03-21T16:15:11
This month we discuss misleading reporting from the mainstream media on the financial crisis - finance 'experts' fed us misunderstandings on the financial crash, sold us the austerity narrative & o...
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#LuxLeaks: why no EU investigation? from 2019-02-22T12:16:20
In the February 2019 Taxcast: why hasn't the European Commission investigated any of the secret tax deals that were exposed by the LuxLeaks whistleblowers where ta...
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#LuxLeaks: why no EU investigation? #86 from 2019-02-22T12:16:20
In the February 2019 Taxcast: why hasn't the European Commission investigated any of the secret tax deals that were exposed by the LuxLeaks whistleblowers where tax authorities gave multi-national ...
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Oligopoly Capitalism from 2019-01-24T14:36:22
- Naomi Fowler talks to investor and author Jonathan Tepper who’s co-written a book called ‘ Listen
Oligopoly Capitalism #85 from 2019-01-24T14:36:22
Naomi Fowler talks to Jonathan Tepper who’s co-written a book called ‘The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the death of capitalism’. Are we in the last stage of capitalism? Plus the Tax Justice N...
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Fair green taxes from 2018-12-18T20:15:43
In this month's podcast: time's running out to tackle climate crisis facing us all. We look at environmental taxes and making them fair. Plus we discuss the gilets...
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Fair green taxes #84 from 2018-12-18T20:15:43
In this month's podcast: time's running out to tackle climate crisis facing us all. We look at environmental taxes and making them fair. Plus we discuss the gilets jaunes in France, a movement that...
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Whistleblowers from 2018-11-22T13:17:16
In this month's Taxcast: we look at how governments can better protect, encourage and even incentivise whistleblowers. Also: what do the latest Brexit developments tell us about dark money, the ...
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Whistleblowers #83 from 2018-11-22T13:17:16
In this month's Taxcast: we look at how governments can better protect, encourage and even incentivise whistleblowers. Also: what do the latest Brexit developments tell us about dark money, the 'in...
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The Finance Curse from 2018-10-25T15:38:01
In the October 2018 Taxcast: we speak to Nicholas Shaxson about his new book "The Finance Curse: How Global Finance Is Making Us All Poorer" released alongside new research from the Sheffield Po...
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The Finance Curse #82 from 2018-10-25T15:38:01
In the October 2018 Taxcast: we speak to Nicholas Shaxson about his new book "The Finance Curse: How Global Finance Is Making Us All Poorer" released alongside new research from the Sheffield Polit...
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Moneyland #81 from 2018-09-20T19:28:16
In the September 2018 Taxcast: we talk about 'Moneyland' and the transnational elite that have broken free of democratic control with journalist Oliver Bullough. Also, 10 years after the financial ...
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Bermuda: poverty in paradise from 2018-08-10T19:36:32
In the August 2018 Taxcast: We ask why many Bermudians are leaving their beautiful island & why inequality levels have become so extreme despite it's huge offshore services centre.
Plus w...
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Bermuda: poverty in paradise #80 from 2018-08-10T19:36:32
In the August 2018 Taxcast: We ask why many Bermudians are leaving their beautiful island & why inequality levels have become so extreme despite it's huge offshore services centre.
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Firewall vs Big 4 accountants from 2018-07-24T17:28
In the July 2918 Taxcast: a firewall to protect EU citizens from the Big Four accountancy firms and the tax avoidance lobby. Plus, we discuss UN Rapporteur on Poverty and Human Rights Professor ...
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Firewall vs Big 4 accountants #79 from 2018-07-24T17:28
Afirewall to protect EU citizens from the Big Four accountancy firms and the tax avoidance lobby. Plus, we discuss UN Rapporteur on Poverty and Human Rights and his announced visit to the UK to loo...
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How accountants broke capitalism from 2018-06-28T12:20:55
We’ve had leak after leak, whistleblower after whistleblower. But no matter what the scandal is, when it comes to financial secrecy and tax dodging, the so-called big four accountancy firms are ...
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How accountants broke capitalism #78 from 2018-06-28T12:20:55
We’ve had leak after leak. But no matter what the scandal is, when it comes to financial secrecy & tax dodging, the so-called big four accountancy firms are key players. We interview investigative ...
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Why we can’t afford the rich from 2018-05-29T07:10:37
In this month's Taxcast: We discuss why we can’t afford the rich and challenge ideas about wealth, entrepreneurialism and investment.
Also: ten years ago the Tax Justice Network was told ...
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Why we can’t afford the rich #77 from 2018-05-29T07:10:37
We discuss why we can’t afford the rich and challenge ideas about wealth, entrepreneurialism and investment.
Also: 10 years ago the Tax Justice Network was told it’d never happen, but this...
Women, girls, rights and tax from 2018-04-24T19:57:58
In this month's Taxcast: Tax justice, women and UN human rights conventions: how we may be beginning to hold governments to account. Also: we discuss scandal-hit Facebook's checks on whether ove...
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Women, girls, rights and tax #76 from 2018-04-24T19:57:58
Tax justice, women and UN human rights conventions: how we may be beginning to hold governments to account. Also: scandal-hit Facebook's checks on whether overseas influencers are funding political...
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Laundering with language from 2018-03-22T16:43:14
In this month's Taxcast: They say history is written by the victors. So how can we rethink the way we use words about tax havens that reflect the reality of what's really happening? We talk to A...
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Laundering with language #75 from 2018-03-22T16:43:14
They say history is written by the victors. So how can we rethink the way we use words about tax havens that reflect the reality of what's really happening? Plus: we discuss the poisoning of a form...
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Killing the American Dream from 2018-02-27T20:47:10
In this month’s Taxcast: we look at the United States, Trump’s tax reforms and the killing of the American Dream. Plus: as we see yet another school shooting, should the powerful National Rifle ...
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Killing the American Dream #74 from 2018-02-27T20:47:10
In this month’s Taxcast: we look at the United States, Trump’s tax reforms and the killing of the American Dream. Plus: as we see yet another school shooting, should the powerful National Rifle Ass...
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The Financial Secrecy Index from 2018-01-30T20:43:14
In the January 2018 Taxcast we explore the results of the Tax Justice Network's Financial Secrecy Index just out, that tell the real story of global corruption. We look at the top ten worst glob...
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The Financial Secrecy Index #73 from 2018-01-30T20:43:14
In the January 2018 Taxcast we explore the results of the Tax Justice Network's Financial Secrecy Index just out, that tell the real story of global corruption. We look at the top ten worst global ...
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Secrecy World: Mossack Fonseca from 2017-12-14T18:17:18
We speak with Jake Bernstein about his new book 'Secrecy World' - we ask what makes offshore players like Jurgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca tick, and what do the Panama Papers and now the Paradis...
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Secrecy World: Mossack Fonseca #72 from 2017-12-14T18:17:18
We speak with Jake Bernstein about his new book 'Secrecy World' - we ask what makes offshore players like Jurgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca tick, and what do the Panama Papers and now the Paradise P...
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Paradise Papers from 2017-11-23T12:20:31
In the November 2017 Taxcast: we discuss the latest offshore scandal, the Paradise Papers with one of the journalists who got the scoop, Frederik Obermaier of Suddeutsche Zeitung. We interpret t...
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Paradise Papers #71 from 2017-11-23T12:20:31
In the November 2017 Taxcast: we discuss the latest offshore scandal, the Paradise Papers with one of the journalists who got the scoop, Frederik Obermaier of Suddeutsche Zeitung. We interpret the ...
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Passports and residency for sale from 2017-10-23T10:11:54
In this month’s Taxcast we look at the booming business of passports and residency for sale, and why it should worry us all. Also, even the IMF now advocates wealth taxes to combat inequality, y...
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Passports and residency for sale #70 from 2017-10-23T10:11:54
We look at the booming business of passports & residency for sale. Also, even the IMF now advocates wealth taxes to combat inequality, yet governments around the world are going in the opposite dir...
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The problem with GDP from 2017-09-21T13:02:54
In the September 2017 Taxcast we look at our over-reliance on unhelpful economic measures, like Gross Domestic Product and how it constrains us. Also: we discuss hurricanes, tax havens and disas...
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The problem with GDP #69 from 2017-09-21T13:02:54
In the September 2017 Taxcast we look at our over-reliance on unhelpful economic measures, like Gross Domestic Product and how it constrains us. Also: we discuss hurricanes, tax havens and disaster...
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10 years after? the crash #68 from 2017-08-17T12:48:28
In the August 2017 Taxcast: #10yearsafter the crash we ask - what will the next one look like? Also: more Panama Papers fallout, abuse of trusts and predictions Britain’s financial sector could dou...
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10 years after the crash from 2017-08-17T10:48:28
In the August 2017 Taxcast: #10yearsafter the crash we ask - what will the next one look like? Can we avoid it? Also:
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Land Value Tax from 2017-07-20T14:35:19
In this month’s July 2017 Taxcast: we explore Land Value Tax and the billions in revenue we’re missing out on. Plus: Tax Haven USA signs up to potential sanctions and blacklisting of the few nat...
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Land Value Tax #67 from 2017-07-20T14:35:19
Land Value Tax & the billions in revenue we’re missing out on. Plus: Tax Haven USA signs up to potential sanctions & blacklisting of the few nations still refusing to comply with intl financial tra...
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Tax justice tested by voters from 2017-06-22T15:18:41
In the June 2017 Taxcast we ask - has the UK just had its first tax justice general election? Are we seeing a popular shift towards tax justice in the UK and in the US? Is this the beginning of ...
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Tax justice tested by voters #66 from 2017-06-22T15:18:41
In the June 2017 Taxcast we ask - has the UK just had its first tax justice general election? Are we seeing a popular shift towards tax justice in the UK and in the US? Is this the beginning of the...
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Britain’s Second Empire from 2017-05-24T18:00:45
In the May 2017 Taxcast: we talk to film director Michael Oswald about his new film The Spider’s Web: Britain’s Second Empire. Watch it here. Also, we ...
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Britain’s Second Empire #65 from 2017-05-24T18:00:45
In the May 2017 Taxcast: we talk to film director Michael Oswald about his new film The Spider’s Web: Britain’s Second Empire. Watch here https://youtu.be/np_ylvc8Zj8 Also, we discuss booming Swede...
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The Panama Papers, 1 year on from 2017-04-20T09:45:10
We look at the Panama Papers, one year on - we talk to the journalists who got the scoop. Plus: we discuss the raid on Credit Suisse, and new data exposing the profit shifting shennanigans of th...
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The Panama Papers, 1 year on #64 from 2017-04-20T09:45:10
We look at the Panama Papers, one year on - we talk to the journalists who got the scoop. Plus: we discuss the raid on Credit Suisse, and new data exposing the profit shifting shennanigans of the E...
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The High Cost of our Finance Sectors from 2017-03-23T18:54:53
We look at the high price we’re paying for our finance sectors – we look at staggering statistics showing how the US finance sector is a net drag on their economy. Also, as the British governmen...
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The High Cost of our Finance Sectors #63 from 2017-03-23T18:54:53
We look at the high price we’re paying for our finance sectors – we look at staggering statistics showing how the US finance sector is a net drag on their economy. Also, as the British government i...
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Financial transaction taxes from 2017-02-23T17:24:10
In the February 2017 Taxcast: how financial transaction taxes can protect us from finance sectors dragging our economies down. Plus: the Swiss referendum - taxpayers have refused to pick up the ...
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Financial transaction taxes #62 from 2017-02-23T17:24:10
We look at how financial transaction taxes can protect us from finance sectors dragging our economies down. Plus: the Swiss referendum - taxpayers have refused to pick up the tab for corporate tax ...
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Public contracts: tax dodger free zones from 2017-01-19T19:48:03
In the January 2017 Taxcast we look at tax justice and public procurement - the efforts to hit tax dodging companies where it really hurts on a local level – trying to stop them bidding for publ...
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Public contracts: tax dodger free zones #61 from 2017-01-19T19:48:03
We look at the efforts to hit tax dodging companies where it really hurts on a local level – stop them bidding for public money for public contracts.
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Trusts and ownership avoidance from 2016-12-20T13:05:36
In trusts we trust? We look at the new game in town: beneficial ownership avoidance, the booming industry in alternative escape vehicles from public r...
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Trusts and ownership avoidance #60 from 2016-12-20T13:05:36
In trusts we trust? We look at the new game in town: beneficial ownership avoidance, the booming industry in alternative escape vehicles from public registers and why we must shine the spotlight on...
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Tax Inspectors Without Borders from 2016-11-17T19:14:31
We look at Tax Inspectors Without Borders – a practical project that’s changing lives and aiming to level the global playground of tax minimising multinational companies. Plus: what does new US ...
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Tax Inspectors Without Borders #59 from 2016-11-17T19:14:31
We look at Tax Inspectors Without Borders – a practical project that’s changing lives and aiming to level the global playground of tax minimising multinational companies. Plus: what does new US Pre...
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The offshorisation of Iceland from 2016-10-20T19:13:33
We look at the offshorisation of Iceland's economy, its collapse and recovery. Also, Brazil adds Ireland to its tax haven black list and Panama threat...
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The offshorisation of Iceland #58 from 2016-10-20T19:13:33
We look at the offshorisation of Iceland's economy, its collapse and recovery. Also, Brazil adds Ireland to its tax haven black list and Panama threatens anyone who dares call it a tax haven with a...
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The laundromat and the conman from 2016-09-23T17:58:48
How a conman can devastate the lives of thousands of ordinary people, aided and abetted by the offshore industry - with banks, law firms and accountants all happy to look the other way and not a...
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The laundromat and the conman #57 from 2016-09-23T17:58:48
How a conman can devastate the lives of thousands of ordinary people, aided and abetted by the offshore industry - with banks, law firms and accountants all happy to look the other way and not ask ...
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Breaking up the Big 4 accountancy firms from 2016-08-19T19:21:01
The Big Four accountancy fi...
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Breaking up the Big 4 accountancy firms #56 from 2016-08-19T19:21:01
The Big Four accountancy firms: Are they in fact more like the Big One? And should they be broken up? Also: the Duke of Westminster's 9 billion tax free inheritance and how his family history forms...
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'Hello. This is John Doe. Interested in data?' Panama Papers from 2016-07-21T00:54:48
'Hello. This is John Doe. Interested in data? I'm happy to share.' ...
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'Hello. This is John Doe. Interested in data?' Panama Papers #55 from 2016-07-21T00:54:48
'Hello. This is John Doe. Interested in data? I'm happy to share.' We talk to the two journalists who got the Panama Papers scoop, Bastian Obermayer and Frederik Obermaier who've written a book abo...
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The missing trillions offshored #54 from 2016-06-23T14:23:35
How different could the lives of those in poverty have been without secrecy jurisdictions? We give you the ver...
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Corruption's not what you think #53 from 2016-05-21T23:28:02
What is corruption? Well, that's a political question, and the answer depends on who you ask. We discuss the anti-corruption summit in...
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Whistleblowers, prisoners of conscience #52 from 2016-04-22T14:58:06
We discuss the biggest offshore leak in history, the #PanamaPapers: could it provide an opportunity for nations to expand their secrecy market share? Once again, all eyes are on Trusts... Also, ...
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Bank Whistleblowers United #51 from 2016-03-23T17:20:08
Is the US president really serious about tackling corruption in the finance sector? Are the presidential candidates? Now they can prove it. Bank Whist...
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Tax haven USA undercover investigation #50 from 2016-02-19T23:52:20
Which country is the second easiest in the world after Kenya to set up an anonymous shell company? We shine the spotlight on Tax haven USA and the law...
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What's Scotland got to do with the plunder of Moldova? #49 from 2016-01-22T17:47:28
What's Scotland got to do with the plunder of Moldova? We take a look at the 'Wild West' of Scottish Limited Partnerships. Also, we discuss the tensio...
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Inside the world of the wealth managers #48 from 2015-12-15T18:00:10
We get some insights into the usually closed world of the wealth managers who serve the super-rich. Plus:on a par with Kissinger being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize? We discuss how the British B...
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#LuxLeaks, more secrets 1 year later #47 from 2015-11-21T18:31:49
Why is the City of London losing so much business to New York, Hong Kong and Singapore? Our conclusions are quite different from those of a British ...
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The remittance cartel: 'taxing of the poor' #46 from 2015-10-23T14:22:26
We look at the remittance cartel, their 'taxing of the poor' with monopoly prices in a juicy $450-500 billion market. Also: 'comfort letters' and the game changing European Commission ruling tha...
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Derivatives and the next financial crisis #45 from 2015-09-23T10:16:46
When's the next financial crisis? We look at offshore and the trillion dollar derivatives market. Plus: we discuss how Mexico's trying to force multinational companies to pay more tax, why recen...
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Sun, sea and tax: multinationals and tourism #44 from 2015-08-20T19:52:36
Sun, sea and tax: the Taxcast goes to Mexico and looks at how multinational tourism operates there. Plus: why Luxembourg is printing euros like there's no tomorrow, Brazil offers its tax dodgers...
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Crisis in Greece #43 from 2015-07-19T17:54:53
In an extended Taxcast special we look at the crisis in Greece and ask whatever happened to European unity? Plus we discuss the European Parliament's vote to make multinational coporations repor...
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Corruption in international football #42 from 2015-06-20T18:39:53
Racketeering, money laundering and bribery in international football: the FIFA scandal demonstrates everything that's wrong with global finance and attitudes to business. Also: the EU Commission...
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Making Parliamentarian's tax returns public: the Pakistan case #41 from 2015-05-22T14:30:42
In the May 2015 Taxcast: Do our politicians believe in the societies they serve or not? The Taxcast looks at making the tax returns of our elected representatives public, and the inspirational a...
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Women, unpaid work and tax justice #40 from 2015-04-23T22:39:41
How just are our tax systems towards women? One Texan husband did the sums on what his stay-at-home wife's unpaid work was really worth in monetary terms. Plus: one of the USA's biggest corporat...
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Democracy for sale: tax haven-friendly donors #39 from 2015-03-21T11:37:11
Democracy for sale: how our politics are heavily reliant on tax haven-friendly donors. Also, we ask: Why is HSBC shutting down offshore accounts in Jersey? Are we in the final few years of the c...
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What does a bank have to do to lose its licence?! #38 from 2015-02-22T16:10:38
Just what does a bank have to do to lose its licence?! We look at the fall out from HSBCLeaks and ask how can we genuinely tackle criminality in global finance? Also: the latest research on crim...
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The Offshore Game: football's own goal #37 from 2015-01-23T18:31:33
How offshore is ruining the 'Beautiful Game' - the Taxcast scrutinises football's own goal. Also: how banks with criminal convictions are being allowed to continue to handle our money, how peopl...
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'Mafia Capitale': corruption of democracy #36 from 2014-12-16T20:32:10
In the December 2014 Taxcast: how mafia is corrupting democracy at the heart of Europe in Italy's capital city of Rome. Also, the #LuxLeaks whistleblower is arrested and makes his first public s...
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Ukraine teaches the world about tackling corruption #35 from 2014-11-24T00:25:08
In the November 2014 Taxcast: 'You can lie and you can steal from us but this time we'll know who you are': Ukraine becomes the first country in the world to introduce a public registry of the r...
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How much is corporate welfare costing us? #34 from 2014-10-22T11:39:25
How much is corporate welfare costing us? Across the US they're going to start publishing the subsidies and tax breaks. We take a look at the latest research in the UK. Also: Ireland announces i...
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'Unpatriotic corporate deserters' #33 from 2014-09-23T12:37:35
In the September 2014 Taxcast: 'unpatriotic corporate deserters'? We ask why so many US companies are relocating. Also, the less reported side of the Scottish vote on independence, the OECD's la...
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High denomination bills and money laundering #32 from 2014-08-22T16:28
In the August 2014 Taxcast: when was the last time you used a £100 bill, a 500 euro note or a 1,000 Swiss Franc note? We look at how Western Central banks and Treasuries are facilitating crime t...
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Don't be evil Google! Tax justice at the shareholder meeting #31 from 2014-07-22T13:03:50
What really happened at the Google Shareholder meeting vote on a proposal for ethical tax principles? Plus: we discuss what the new tax haven-friendly EU Commission President might now do (or no...
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Capital in the 21st Century #30 from 2014-06-23T18:56:47
In the June 2014 Taxcast: the guillotine vs progressive taxation. the Taxcast looks at Thomas Piketty's book Capital in the 21st Century. Also: welcome to the temporary tax haven of World Cup Br...
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Privatisation and tax justice #29 from 2014-05-23T15:25:36
In the May 2014 Taxcast: the Taxcast looks at privatisation and tax: what happens when public assets or services get into private hands? Also, Google's challenged on its tax affairs by its own s...
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US States are doin it for themselves: DIY tax justice #28 from 2014-04-23T12:51:44
In the April 2014 Taxcast: Forget Congress! The Taxcast looks at the latest US state to take matters into its own hands and legislate against tax havens. Also: the scandal of how the Bank for In...
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Londongrad and the offshore threat to global security #27 from 2014-03-21T14:26:40
In the March 2014 Taxcast: Russia, Ukraine, Londongrad and the offshore threat to global security. Also: modern day colonialism? Niger battles France over fairer revenues from its uranium; it's ...
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The Bahamas is broke - tax the poor?! #26 from 2014-02-19T20:22
In the February 2014 Taxcast: Are European tax havens getting 'illegal state subsidies'? The European Union's Competition Commissioner thinks so. Are the world's tax havens really going to becom...
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Tax incentives, Africa-style #25 from 2014-01-21T12:36:55
In the January 2014 Taxcast: Tax justice goes to the Cayman Islands; we look at the latest fall-out from #OffshoreLeaks, the expose on tax havens from the International Consortium of Investigati...
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Lawyers and tax justice: how long can business as usual continue? #24 from 2013-12-20T13:30:08
In the December 2013 Taxcast: the clock's ticking for Swiss banks, OECD countries are failing to collect enough information on the real owners of companies, and the Taxcast looks at tax and huma...
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President Kennedy vs tax havenry + pariah States #23 from 2013-11-21T18:11:13
In the November 2013 Taxcast: the movers and the shakers in the 2013 Financial Secrecy Index, the pariah states trying to wreck new global transparency measures, and 50 years ago this month US P...
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The oil company with 60 sets of books #22 from 2013-10-22T21:26:04
In the October 2013 Taxcast: Swiss villagers send some of profit shifting mining giant GlencoreXstrata's money to humanitarian projects, tax havens do some window dressing and HOW many sets of a...
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what do Tina Turner and Muammar Gadaffi have in common? The Swiss shuffle #21 from 2013-09-23T17:34
In the September 2013 Taxcast: The Netherlands is getting worried about it's bad reputation - and not because of it's red light district, China steps aboard the G20 automatic information exchang...
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The Carbon Tax in British Columbia #20 from 2013-08-23T13:16
In the August 2013 Taxcast: we look at why development money is being invested in developing countries via tax havens and the under-reported elements of the tensions between Spain and Britain ov...
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Unilateral action vs corporate tax cheating, no more summits #19 from 2013-07-22T16:29:12
In the July 2013 Taxcast: We analyse the OECD's Action Plan it says is going to tackle corporate tax cheating. And who needs the OECD, the G20 or the G8 anyway? The Taxcast looks at alternative ...
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Nations read the small print of tax treaties and pull out #18 from 2013-06-25T15:23:52
'Coulds' and 'shoulds' but any real action? We analyse what the G8 summit did for tax justice and why some tax havens may get a competitive advantage. And while the world waits for reform the Ta...
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The Lord of War: how secrecy kills #17 from 2013-05-23T16:12:42
In May's 2013 Taxcast: Google and Apple are forced to defend their tax affairs in public, how anti-EU sentiment serves offshore interests and the Taxcast looks at tax havens and the arms trade: ...
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Fake foreign direct investment in India #16 from 2013-04-23T14:13
In April 2013's Taxcast: offshore leaks blows the lid off secrecy for sale, the G20 endorse greater transparency (but let's not get too excited) Luxembourge agrees to lift its banking secrecy, A...
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A frustrated corporate tax inspector speaks #15 from 2013-03-24T14:03:32
In March 2013's Taxcast: the crisis in Cyprus and the risk tax havens pose to the global economy, a surprise earthquake for UK-affiliated tax havens and a frustrated corporate tax inspector spea...
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The trouble with the OECD #14 from 2013-02-21T11:38
In February 2013's Taxcast: Transparency for French banks, taxing the digital economy aka how to worry Google and Amazon, G8 leaders talk up reform of the global tax system - but will they walk ...
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Google Capitalism #13 from 2013-01-23T13:48:57
In January 2013's Taxcast: a significant ruling against Dell in Spain, India delays rules that would have tackled corporate tax abuse until 2016, the EU threatens to blacklist Switzerland AND we...
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Google's not doing real business in Bermuda...#12 from 2012-12-20T13:16:45
In the December 2012 Taxcast: Are banks too big to prosecute? Thanks but no thanks to Starbucks cynical offer to pay some corporation tax after all and we discuss a new system rating corporate t...
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The Finance Curse #11 from 2012-11-22T23:00
In the November 2012 Taxcast: is it the beginning of the end of tax avoidance by multi-national corporations? Some countries fight back. And the Finance Curse - why an oversized finance sector's...
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Following the money: dictators and the selling of secrecy #10 from 2012-10-22T12:38:53
In the October 2012 Taxcast: Helsinki declares itself a tax haven-free zone, Starbucks joins the tax avoidance Roll of Dishonour and we follow the money: asset recovery, dictators and the sellin...
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The 'pin-stripe mafia' aka the 'big 4' accountancy firms #9 from 2012-09-22T21:50
In the September 2012 Taxcast: A whistleblower reward threatens Swiss banking secrecy - where will the money go next? Bangladesh considers expanding a regressive VAT tax and Professor Prem Sikka...
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The Spirit Level: inequality #8 from 2012-08-23T19:15
In the August 2012 Taxcast: capital flight in Africa AND now in Europe, Olympian Usain Bolt fails to champion his tax affairs, and the Spirit Level writers Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson on ...
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The temporary tax haven of the Olympics #7 from 2012-07-22T19:45
In the July 2012 Taxcast: Why there are no prosecutions at HSBC bank, a tax justice victory in Norway, new research reveals the amount of offshore wealth is higher than anybody thought. And we l...
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Trade mispricing - the tricks of the trade #6 from 2012-06-24T00:44:51
In the June 2012 Taxcast: celebrity tax avoidance, Greece's missing billions, what should have been on the G20 agenda and trade mispricing - the tricks of the trade.
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Europe considers Financial Transaction Taxes #5 from 2012-05-23T20:35:03
In the May 2012 Taxcast: Tax haven insiders speak out, the co-founder of Facebook unfriends the US, and Europe considers a Financial Transaction Tax.
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Zambian miners paying more tax than the mining company #4 from 2012-04-23T23:50
In the April 2012 Taxcast: Amazon's tax affairs, the global tax cut race to the bottom, India tackles tax havens and the miners in Zambia who pay more tax than the multi-national mining company...
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The ABCs of setting up letterbox companies. It's child's play! #3 from 2012-03-22T22:54:32
In the March 2012 Taxcast: Apple i-tax dodging, reclaiming Arab Spring country assets, the rich country club of the OECD and the ABCs of setting up letterbox companies. It's child's play!
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The City of London tax haven: state within a state #2 from 2012-02-23T13:15:58
In the February 2012 Taxcast: Are City of London Police really serious about prosecuting financial crimes? Are bankers paying fair taxes on their bonuses? And how Facebook is saving billions in ...
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The Occupy camp and the 99% #1 from 2012-01-30T20:07:04
In our inaugural Tax Justice Network monthly podcast we discuss the implications of the Vodafone vs India landmark tax case, compare Bill Gates and Mitt Romney's attitudes to taxation and visit ...
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