Tax Justice Network | The International Chamber of Commerce has published, circulated among delegates, and promoted at a side event a report claiming that the global implementation of withholding taxes under Article 12AA of the UN Model would produce net losses for the global South.
The Tax Justic...
Jung & Naiv | A conversation with Gabriel Zucman about global inequality, taxing billionaires and Gabriel’s proposals for it, the political hurdles and potential countermeasures, the future of capitalism, as well as Gabriel’s academic background.
Source: Jung & Naiv.
Oxfam | Billionaire fortunes have grown at a rate three times faster than the previous five years since the election of Donald Trump in November 2024. While US billionaires have seen the sharpest growth in their fortunes, billionaires in the rest of the world have also seen double digit increases. T...
Public Services International | Commissioned by the Network of Unions for Tax Justice and the Austrian Chamber of Labour, this study provides the most comprehensive modelling to date of how a global shift to unitary taxation would reallocate multinational profits and corporate tax revenues. The rese...
The Guardian | Rising economic division is destabilising nations and eroding accountability. Joseph Stiglitz’s G20 blueprint offers a way toward global economic renewal.
Source: The Guardian.
When people are confronted with high income inequality, they develop an unrealistically optimistic view of their chances for social mobility. This misjudgment leads them to show less support for political redistribution—a mechanism that stabilizes social inequality. This conclusion was reached by WZ...