Winners Take All
Author(s): Anand Giridharadas
Publish Date: 2019
Why and how to build more robust, egalitarian institutions.
The Code of Capital
Author(s): Katharina Pistor
Publish Date: 2019
How the law shapes the distribution of wealth.
The Laundromat
Author(s): Jake Bernstein
Publish Date: 2019
The hidden circulatory system flowing beneath the surface of global finance.
The Fair Tax News, 3 May 2019
3 May 2019
Another tax deadline has come and gone, but in the remaining days for Canadians to file their taxes, C4TF squeezed in some good discussion about getting government to do the task for us.
Analysis: Fair tax measures in Budget 2019
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The taxation measures in budget 2019 include:
The time has come for real international corporate tax reform
While it may be months before world leaders look at the next stage of reforms, Canada now has a chance to step up and lead the way in implementing progressive tax structures that benefit everyone.
Report: Opacity - Why Criminals Love Canadian Real Estate
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[This report was originally published on the website of Transparency International Canada, in collaboration with Publish What You Pay Canada. Our three organizations collaborate as The End Snow-Washing Coalition to fight tax-dodging, money-laundering, corruption and financial crime.]
How to make the rich pay their fair share of taxes
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest woman elected to U.S. Congress, got the media and internet buzzing recently when she told TV host Anderson Cooper on CBS’s 60 Minutes that the U.S. should introduce a tax rate of 70% on incomes of over $10 million to help fund a Green New Deal.
Submission: A more equitable and simpler international corporate tax system is possible
Submission to the House of Commons Finance Committee, for Review of Bill C-82, an Act to implement a multilateral convention to implement tax treaty related measures to prevent base erosion and profit shifting.
Report: A Prescription For Savings
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Authors: Toby Sanger & David Macdonald (CCPA)
INTRODUCTION
Pharmacare is high on Canada’s political agenda with the federal government’s Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare led by Dr. Eric Hoskins set to report by spring 2019. National pharmacare was a top priority at the 2018 federal Liberal policy convention and some say it will be the defining issue of the 2019 election.2 The NDP has long supported the establishment of a national pharma care program.