Issue 416 of New Internationalist
Reader-owned global journalism
October 2008
Tax justice
As globalization goes mental and public funds prop up the world’s banks, this month New Internationalist uncovers the global tax scandal - and suggests where justice might lie.
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Pull down St. Paul’s!
British aid agency ActionAid recently put in an application to demolish London’s famed St Paul’s Cathedral.
Funding cuts threaten lives in Kenya
Human skulls and decomposing bodies dug up in Kenya’s Rift Valley Province show signs of torture.
Why ecotaxes may not be the answer
Tax will, sooner or later, have to follow the environmental agenda. *Nicola Liebert* reports on mixed experiences so far, even in...
A short history of TAXATION
A history of the eternal fate of taxation: to be the abused or abusive means towards noble or ignoble ends, never quite able to...
Gazprom
Russia’s massive energy company *Gazprom* plans to be the biggest corporation in the world by 2014 – and who would bet against it...
Can pay.. won't pay!
How *John Christensen* made a banker hide his head in his hands in the tax haven of Jersey. *Top dodgers*: Leona Helmsley, The...
Princess and President
Despite the country being hit by Typhoon Fengshen, Filipino President Arroyo arranged a 10-day trip to the US for herself and at...
Tax the richest:why are we waiting?
As the UN goes in search of more funds to eliminate poverty, *David Hillman* reckons he knows where they’re hiding. *Top dodger...
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