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The Taxcast

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 m... Read more

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10 years after​ the crash

10 years after​ the crash

In the August 2017 Taxcast: #10yearsafter the crash we ask - what will the next one look like? Can we avoid it? Also: P... Read more

17 Aug 2017

31mins

Ranked #2

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Laundering with language

Laundering with language

In this month's Taxcast: They say history is written by the victors. So how can we rethink the way we use words about ta... Read more

22 Mar 2018

34mins

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Taxing wealth - how to triumph over injustice

Taxing wealth - how to triumph over injustice

In this month's episode we speak to Gabriel Zucman about his new book with co-author Emmanuel Saez - Triumph of Injustic... Read more

25 Oct 2019

44mins

Ranked #4

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The problem with GDP

The problem with GDP

In the September 2017 Taxcast we look at our over-reliance on unhelpful economic measures, like Gross Domestic Product a... Read more

21 Sep 2017

30mins

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Bermuda: poverty in paradise

Bermuda: poverty in paradise

In the August 2018 Taxcast: We ask why many Bermudians are leaving their beautiful island & why inequality levels ha... Read more

10 Aug 2018

35mins

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Derivatives and the next financial crisis #45

Derivatives and the next financial crisis #45

When's the next financial crisis? We look at offshore and the trillion dollar derivatives market. Plus: we discuss how M... Read more

23 Sep 2015

30mins

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Women, unpaid work and tax justice #40

Women, unpaid work and tax justice #40

How just are our tax systems towards women? One Texan husband did the sums on what his stay-at-home wife's unpaid work w... Read more

23 Apr 2015

31mins

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Killing the American Dream

Killing the American Dream

In this month’s Taxcast: we look at the United States, Trump’s tax reforms and the killing of the American Dream. Plus: ... Read more

27 Feb 2018

33mins

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Oligopoly Capitalism

Oligopoly Capitalism

Naomi Fowler talks to investor and author Jonathan Tepper who’s co-written a book called ‘The Myth of Capitalism: Monop... Read more

24 Jan 2019

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#LuxLeaks: why no EU investigation?

#LuxLeaks: why no EU investigation?

In the February 2019 Taxcast: why hasn't the European Commission investigated any of the secret tax deals that were expo... Read more

22 Feb 2019

33mins

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Why we can’t afford the rich

Why we can’t afford the rich

In this month's Taxcast: We discuss why we can’t afford the rich and challenge ideas about wealth, entrepreneurialism an... Read more

29 May 2018

34mins

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Tax haven Jersey: inequality and dysfunction

Tax haven Jersey: inequality and dysfunction

In this special extended edition of the April 2019 Taxcast, broadcast from the tax haven of Jersey: - we explore Jersey'... Read more

25 Apr 2019

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Media Misreporting on Finance

Media Misreporting on Finance

This month we discuss misleading reporting from the mainstream media on the financial crisis: it was overloaded with fin... Read more

21 Mar 2019

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The Corporate Tax Haven Index

The Corporate Tax Haven Index

This month we look at the new Corporate Tax Haven Index released by the Tax Justice Network. What does it tell us about ... Read more

26 Jun 2019

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What's Scotland got to do with the plunder of Moldova? #49

What's Scotland got to do with the plunder of Moldova? #49

What's Scotland got to do with the plunder of Moldova? We take a look at the 'Wild West' of Scottish Limited Partnership... Read more

22 Jan 2016

32mins

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Paradigm shifts on tax and 'the uncounted'

Paradigm shifts on tax and 'the uncounted'

This month we speak to Tax Justice Network CEO Alex Cobham on his new book The Uncounted on the politics of counting. W... Read more

21 Nov 2019

38mins

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The Finance Curse

The Finance Curse

In the October 2018 Taxcast: we speak to Nicholas Shaxson about his new book "The Finance Curse: How Global Finance Is M... Read more

25 Oct 2018

34mins

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Don't be evil Google! Tax justice at the shareholder meeting #31

Don't be evil Google! Tax justice at the shareholder meeting #31

What really happened at the Google Shareholder meeting vote on a proposal for ethical tax principles? Plus: we discuss w... Read more

22 Jul 2014

28mins

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Capital in the 21st Century #30

Capital in the 21st Century #30

In the June 2014 Taxcast: the guillotine vs progressive taxation. the Taxcast looks at Thomas Piketty's book Capital in ... Read more

23 Jun 2014

29mins

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Privatisation and tax justice #29

Privatisation and tax justice #29

In the May 2014 Taxcast: the Taxcast looks at privatisation and tax: what happens when public assets or services get int... Read more

23 May 2014

27mins

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