Category Archives: Thomas Piketty

Death and taxes. The global tax race to the bottom is about to begin

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Marc

Death and taxes. The global tax race to the bottom is about to begin by James S. Henry, The American Interest, Dec 21, 2017 https://www.the-american-interest.com/2017/12/21/ladies-gentlemen-take-places/ t may be a long time before we fully understand all the implications of the … Continue reading →

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Tax Evasion and Inequality, Oct 6, 2017, 59 pp

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Marc

Tax Evasion and Inequality by Annette Alstadsaeter, Niels Johannesen and Gabriel Zucman (UC Berkeley), Oct 6, 2017, 59 pp https://gabriel-zucman.eu/files/AJZ2017.pdf 1 Introduction The size and distribution of tax evasion is a source of sustained interest and controversy among the public. … Continue reading →

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The Driving Force of Global Inequality: Tax Avoidance

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Marc

The Driving Force of Global Inequality: Tax Avoidance by Gabriel Zucman, Harald Schumann and Fabio De Masi, November 2017 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/11/21/18804700.php Behind closed doors, a powerful industry has developed worldwide since the 1980s. Business groups assign profits to different subsidiary firms … Continue reading →

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Who Owns the Wealth in Tax Havens?

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Marc

to read the report by Gabriel Zucman and others published in September 2017, click on http://gabriel-zucman.eu/files/AJZ2017b.pdf

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Unemployment and Inequality: A Reading Sample

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Marc

Unemployment and Inequality: A Reading Sample http://la.indymedia.org/news/2017/03/295125.php Oxfam, an international development NGO, decries the “power takeover” by the rich and the fattest moneybags for manipulating the political system, introducing unfair rules of the game to their favor, to pay lower … Continue reading →

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The Rebirth of the One-Thousandth Society

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Marc

The Rebirth of the One-Thousandth Society by Austrian economists Matthias Schnetzer and Markus Marterbauer http://la.indymedia.org/news/2015/01/267199.php The richest thousandth (0.1%) increased their share in the total wealth very intensely since the 1980s. Their share – 22% – is as much as … Continue reading →

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The Meme Wars, The Creative Destruction of Neoclassical Economics, 408 pp

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Marc

to read the free 408 page Internet book by Kalle Lasn, Adbusters, click on http://kickitover.org/economics-textbook/ Manfred Max-Neef is at pp.88-93. Kick It Over CLIMATE CHAOS. ESCALATING INEQUALITY. FINANCIAL VOLATILITY. Multiplying real-world disasters sprung from the fantasy world of neoclassical economics … Continue reading →

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No Redistribution Without the Social State and Distribution Debate Picks Up Speed

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Marc

to read the translated articles by Norman Wagner and Matthais Schnetzer, visit http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2014/10/428387.shtml In Austria, 30% of the gross domestic product is spent on social services (not including education spending)… Since the 1990s, social security has been increasingly discussed as … Continue reading →

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Thomas Piketty’s 1-hour 2014 Presentation

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Marc

to hear Thomas Piketty’s 1-hour 2014 presentation on inequality of incomes and assets, click on http://mediapage.rtcnow.com/event/akwien/140704-piketty/en

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Video: Capital in the 21st Century, 1hr 30min

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Marc

to watch the 1hr 30 min presentation by Thomas Piketty, click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=heOVJM2JZxI#t=0 Joe Stiglitz And Paul Krugman On ‘Capital In The Twenty-First Century’ The French economist Thomas Piketty (Paris School of Economics) discussed his new book ‘Capital in the … Continue reading →

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