Fantastic article by @jasonhickel about how #ilicitfinancialflows may be the biggest problem facing global south. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/01/flipping-corruption-myth-201412094213280135.html …
@BrianLe_Blanc @jasonhickel Seriously? 'Tax avoidance accounts for > $900bn/ yr' Thats not what the report says. Need fewer myths not more!
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@MForstater@jasonhickel pure tax avoidance IS only part of the $947bn-albeit the biggest part. -
@BrianLe_Blanc GFI’s methodology unable to distinguish between the different sources of trade mispricing - how do you know? - 4 more replies
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@MForstater@jasonhickel the article's best point, I think, is that it fully acknowledges the Western role in facilitating this extraction -
@BrianLe_Blanc@jasonhickel but it completely misrepresents what 900 bn represents, in favour of 'MNCs stealing from public coffers' story
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