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"Tax on wealth is necessary to reduce inequality & raise revenue for future challenges. It's even more urgent in tax havens, as it can help restore their reputation & make them part of the solution." 💬 @pnicolaides at @AKEL1926
Catch the replay in Greek: youtube.com/watch?v=15QEq_hj…
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As we're learning each day about a new strategy used by the super-rich to sway the US elections, it has never been so clear that the tension between extreme wealth and democracy is one — perhaps the — defining challenge of our time
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Be sure to catch @QParrinello at the 2024 #IMF side event in DC, discussing the way forward for taxing the ultra-rich 💵🌐
#IMFMeetings #G20
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New paper from @mariusring using Norwegian data shows that a tax on wealth may cause households to save *more*. 1/3
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Cross-country 2SLS ftw
BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.”
#NobelPrize
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In the first eight months of 2024, Germany's exports to tiny, landlocked Kyrgyzstan are up 1300% from before Russia invaded Ukraine. This has now been going on for over two years and Berlin keeps looking the other way. The Germany I know is better than this. Much better...
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Eh, i dunno, I feel like if I threw cash out my hotel window to watch the beggars on the sidewalk down below scramble— and uploaded the scene to YouTube for millions to enjoy — that’d be very different from bona fide philanthropy, and we’d all object. This feels close to that.
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Remember the Doing Business Index?
Welp, it's baaaaaaaaaack. Ok, sort of, not really.
4 years after Doing Business was suspended amidst scandal, today the World Bank launches its successor, the "Business Ready" (B-READY) report. Before diving into the new report, a recap.
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🗣️"The Cyprus tax reform is an opportunity for brave steps that would make the island part of the solution, instead of part of the problem in the international tax system."
Our Research Director @pnicolaides is speaking about Cyprus tax reform at the #CyprusForum today.
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🔔 Don’t miss our next #TheOffshoreTalks with Kristin Surak!
Explore the intersection of wealth, mobility, and citizenship in today's globalized world.
Register by Oct 6th: tally.so/r/mVYQX
Curious about how the ultra-wealthy use #GoldenPassports to bypass tax laws? 🛂
🎙️ Join #TheOffshoreTalks on Oct 10 to uncover the world of strategic citizenship & #TaxEvasion with Kristin Surak & @D_Langenmayr.
🗓️ 18:00 CET 📍@PSEinfo
👉 Register: taxobservatory.eu/event/the-…
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1/ 📰Our impact assessment of the @OECD Pillar One Amount A has recently been published in @ITAXjournal
w/ @MonaBarake
Who are the winners/losers from this partial implementation of global formulary apportionment?🧶
#TaxReform #PillarOne
👉link.springer.com/article/10…
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Many congratulations to @MonaBarake & @LePouhaer from @taxobservatory for the publication of their groundbreaking study of the OECD's Pillar 1!
Key finding: P1 would do almost nothing to redistribute profit to low- and lower-middle income countries
link.springer.com/article/10…
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Curious about how the ultra-wealthy use #GoldenPassports to bypass tax laws? 🛂
🎙️ Join #TheOffshoreTalks on Oct 10 to uncover the world of strategic citizenship & #TaxEvasion with Kristin Surak & @D_Langenmayr.
🗓️ 18:00 CET 📍@PSEinfo
👉 Register: taxobservatory.eu/event/the-…
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New paper on the trade-offs involved in designing simplified tax regimes, by @WorldBank #DaTaxWB colleagues & @KRACorporate
Cool microdata evidence from Kenya + cross-country evidence on simplified tax regime design
documents.worldbank.org/en/p…
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#HiddenDebtRevelations! How reliable are public debt stats? Our working paper with S. Horn, @NickolPhilipp, @cesarspa1 is out today analyzing hidden sovereign debts across 146 countries and 53 years. Let’s dive in! ⬇️
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Gino's case against us has been dismissed.
Scientists cannot effectively sue other scientists for exposing fraud/errors in their work.
Those who work to correct the scientific record can sleep better tonight. Those who don’t want it corrected, well, I don’t care how they sleep.
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Misogyny posing as analysis
If she wants to win, Harris needs to train her face not to respond.
It feeds into a female stereotype and, more importantly, risks offending undecided voters. #Debate2024