This is what i wrote on this back in 2015 https://www.cgdev.org/sites/default/files/CGD-policy-paper-69-Forstater-tax-dodging-dev-finance_2.pdf … (i.e. the same thing....)pic.twitter.com/VlqQFMrdTN
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It is often said (on the basis of a misreading of an old UNCTAD report) that 60% of world trade happens within multinational companies. But best estimates are that it is around 30% says @nickshaxson at @TaxJusticeNet https://www.taxjustice.net/2019/04/09/over-a-third-or-more-of-world-trade-happens-inside-multinational-corporations/ …
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For which i was told I was wrong and my motives were questionable by the leading lights of the tax justice movement
https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2015/07/13/tax-justice-is-not-about-big-numbers/ …Show this thread -
... And my point is not to be personally aggrieved. The article ends with the usual call for more data. Great. But data is no use without institutions, networks and organisational cultures that allow people to look at it, learn from it and question.
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Actually, you haven't quoted my article correctly, Maya. It wasn't "it is around 30%". It was "Over a third" (as in the headline.) To be more precise, 30-40%. Nitpicky of me, I know, but hey.
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