Secretary Antony Blinken says global corporate tax avoidance is estimated at 240 billion a year at the expense of our communities. #tuac

Opening of OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives Ministerial - first held in-person since feb 2020. With strong TUAC delegation attending. Focus on digitalisation, trade/investment, climate & taxation.

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A handy summary of a landmark study by David Card on the effect of the #minimumwage which upturned the way we see the role of the minimum wage 👇 The co-author of that study was the late Alan Krueger, a fantastic researcher but also a top policy aide. An example for many of us.

Is the global tax agenda about raising revenues, reducing inequalities or better regulation? My comments on the OECD / G20 tax process link.medium.com/rKFUOBBe2lb

So now we know the interplay btw trade & tax Developed countries : trade lib > competitiveness pressures > tax on capital ↘️ & tax on labour ↗️ Developing countries : trade lib > formalisation of the economy > tax on capital ↗️ & tax on labour ↗️

7 risk scenarios to the world economy - reviewing latest forecasts by the IMF, WB, OECD, WEF & BIS link.medium.com/3IuIvihoKsb

A lot is happening with #ESG & #Sustainability reporting - how will it come together & what's next⬇️

China will not catch up with the United States bit.ly/3Echt2o

Where are tax havens located? Paper policyhive.org/index.php/2022… reviewing (i) legal approach aiming at "non-cooperative” jurisdictions on #taxevasion & (ii) economic approach on #Offshore Financial Centres benefiting from #BEPS & #tax avoidance flows

In the past year, the #ESG & #sustainability investment agenda has gone through more developments than in the previous ten. Policy brief ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/habbard/p/…

Policy Hive: The outlook and downside risk scenarios for 2023-2024 habbard.substack.com/p/the-outlook-…

Policy Hive: Does France spend too much on pensions compared to OECD averages? habbard.substack.com/p/does-france-…

Our aim is to help universities in Gaza resume their activities. We're setting up a worldwide team of university professors, in all subjects, ready to teach Gazan students online. We just started teaching this week!

Project launched! 💥 In the past week, a dozen of our profs started teaching online. The subjects range from Calculus 1 to Electrical Engineering, French Writing and Introduction to Python. Approx. 250 Gazan students are enrolled in their classes.

This is only the beginning! Warm thanks to our profs, and to An-Najah University in the West Bank.

And equally warm thanks to the University of Lille, France, which has lent its institutional support to our project.