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1 Dec 2015 3 minute read

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Myth 3: Taxing the rich scares off investors and stalls economic performance

Taxation creates prosperity just as much as private enterprise, says David Ransom.

1 Dec 2015 4 minute read

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Myth 4: Economic migrants are a drain on rich world economies

Migration follows a demand for labour - and benefits the receiving country, writes Dinyar Godrej.

1 Dec 2015 4 minute read

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Myth 5: The private sector is more efficient than the public sector

There is no evidence of greater efficiency, explains Dinyar Godrej.

1 Dec 2015 3 minute read

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Myth 6: Fossil fuels are more economically viable than renewables

Not if you look at the environmental costs, says Dinyar Godrej.

1 Dec 2015 3 minute read

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Myth 7: Financial regulation will destroy a profitable banking sector

Why should financial markets be accountable only to themselves? asks David Ransom.

1 Dec 2015 3 minute read

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Myth 9: Everyone has to pay their debts

We need debt management not reduction, says Dinyar Godrej.

1 Dec 2015 3 minute read

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Myth 10: Growth is the only way

Dinyar Godrej explains why we need to find another way, fast.

1 Oct 2015 5 minute read

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A Mars bar from Tommy Chocolate

How is money – and debt – created? The answer, says Peter Stalker, may surprise you.

1 May 2015 12 minute read

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The big bank boondoggle*

Big private banks have been resurrected by the crisis they caused, says David Ransom.

1 May 2015 2 minute read

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Action on banks - what you can do

How to get involved... and some inspiration from Spain.

1 May 2015 1 minute read

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Banks - the facts

The megabanks and the mega-bonuses... facts and figures you should know.

27 Apr 2015 1 minute read

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A fair tax system?

April's taxcast looks at the effectiveness of financial transparency measures and the fairness of the taxing system towards...

27 Mar 2015 1 minute read

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Democracy for sale

March’s podcast looks at how our politics are too heavily reliant on tax haven-friendly donors.

20 Mar 2015 4 minute read

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10 reasons to defend the Corporation Tax

It’s easy to evade austerity and enjoy welfare benefits to the full if you’re a transnational corporation. David...

24 Feb 2015 1 minute read

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What does a bank have to do to lose its licence?

February’s taxcast looks at the fall-out from the HSBC leaks scandal.

28 Jan 2015 1 minute read

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Offshore is ruining the beautiful game

Football's own goal, and our money in the hands of criminal banks in Tax Justice Network's latest podcast.

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