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A crackdown on tax havens was on the agenda of the recent G20 meeting.(The Week)(Brief article)
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May 04, 2009 |
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A crackdown on tax havens was on the agenda of the recent G20 meeting. French president Nicolas Sarkozy believes that the financial crisis justifies action on this front, even though tax havens have had zilch to do with the present financial distress. German leader Angela Merkel is also on the attack. But the campaign against tax havens is worse than a distraction from our real economic woes. The existence of low-tax jurisdictions is a blessing, a check on the rapacity of ...
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