Markus Meinzer
@markusmeinzer.bsky.social
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Director of policy
@taxjustice.net
- author
#SteueroaseDeutschland
- PhD Economics - opinion mine -
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Appeal by 40 former heads of state for a “new economic coalition of the willing” to address the threats of inequality, poverty & environmental breakdown. Organised by
@clubdemadrid.bsky.social
, it proposes a pathway for international tax cooperation.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
#FfD4
3 months ago
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Tax Justice Network
2 days ago
“The economic system lies in the core of the climate crisis yet in its transformation lies the solution.”
@emimamberti.bsky.social
,
@cesr.bsky.social
Join
#ClimateforChange2025
to unite
#TaxJustice
&
#ClimateJustice
for fair finance and a just transition. 👉
bit.ly/4jbO2zp
#COP30
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Naomi Fowler
8 days ago
The USA, going backwards, making opacity great again.
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
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POLITICO Pro: Treasury will delete beneficial ownership data after rule rollback, FinCEN chief says
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/09/treasury-will-delete-beneficial-ownership-data-after-rule-rollback-fincen-chief-says-00553515
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Alex Cobham
8 days ago
Emboldened by Trump's open calls for US multinationals not to be taxed on their profits abroad, lobbyists are now targeting the transparency measures which will reveal the scale of their tax abuse. For Australia's good,
@albomp.bsky.social
must refuse to be bullied
www.afr.com/politics/fed...
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US giants urge Trump to push back on Australian tax law
Business groups in the US have urged the US President to press Australia to back down on tax laws that they say put them at a competitive disadvantage.
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/us-giants-urge-trump-to-push-back-on-australian-tax-law-20250917-p5mvux
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Alex Cobham
20 days ago
The video on the
FT.com
front page right now is one for the ages - the collective heads of US big tech fawning over the 'leadership' of President Trump. Their participation tells you about their values. Their specific emphasis reveals what they are getting out of it.
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Tax Justice Network
24 days ago
🤖Secrecy has long been a key enabler allowing criminals to escape the rule of law - and beneficial ownership transparency they key tool to fight back against this. But the rise of AI might now change this equation entirely.
www.acamstoday.org/ai-human-acc...
#FinancialSecrecy
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AI, human accountability and company ownership - ACAMS Today
This is an exploratory article on how AI may transform company ownership in the future. Legal vehicles such as companies and trusts are intended to help humans achieve their aim. These entities can be used for legitimate business or be abused to engage in illicit financial flows. Even when shell companies, charities or foundations are exploited to finance terrorism,
https://www.acamstoday.org/ai-human-accountability-and-company-ownership/
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Alex Cobham
28 days ago
Interesting pieces from
@pkrugman.bsky.social
and
@nathantankus.bsky.social
on why financial markets haven't - YET - gone off a cliff in response to the multitude of harms being committed by the Trump administration.
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Tax Justice Network
about 1 month ago
It's been a searing summer for one dodgy millionaire exodus myth. Quick recap of how these claims went from gospel to bogus.
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about 1 month ago
Every other week now there’s more evidence confirming our debunking of these scare stories. It shows how far opponents of
#WealthTax
are willing to go The UK must make sure its tax policy represents the will of its people, not the yarn of lobbyists
#TaxTheSuperRich
taxjustice.net/press/hmrc-d...
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HMRC data debunks UK non-dom exodus claims, FT reports - Tax Justice Network
The UK must make sure its tax policy represents the will of its people, not the yarn of lobbyists, and begin again to tax extreme wealth.
https://taxjustice.net/press/hmrc-data-debunks-uk-non-dom-exodus-claims-ft-reports/
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Bastian Obermayer
about 2 months ago
People still are tragically underestimating what this is doing to our societies. The rich got richer and richer, super rich, mega rich. They are dictating policies. So it gets worse — and they get richer. It tears our societies apart.
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Alex Cobham
2 months ago
Fantastic launch event today for two really powerful studies from the G-24 and
@southcentre.bsky.social
- showing that a key element of the OECD's minimum tax simply "does not impact *any treaty* between OECD and G-24/South Centre Member States", but UN equivalent would raise significant revenues.
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Tax Justice Network
2 months ago
New World Wealth and Henley & Partners seem to be on a warpath to shape public opinion on wealth by repeatedly publishing unreliable figures with little to no context, and ignoring criticism of their methodology and calls for transparency. 🧵on their claims today
www.thetimes.com/article/bill...
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Billionaires are fleeing the UK — and wealth tax could make more quit
At least 18 dollar-billionaires left in two years, research suggests, moving their tax residency to countries such as the UAE and Monaco
https://www.thetimes.com/article/billionaires-wealth-tax-z8m8kjcjl
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Tax Justice Network
3 months ago
News: 16500 millionaires are leaving. That's a lot Us: That's less than 1% of UK millionaires News: Wait, 16500 'liquid' millionaires (most mobile) are leaving. That's a lot if you only count 'liquid' ones Us: That's still less than 3% of UK 'liquid' millionaires. So +97% are choosing to stay News:😡
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European Network on Debt and Development - Eurodad
3 months ago
“It is our job to bring life, colour, democracy and legitimacy to this process.”
@toveryding.bsky.social
speaking truth to power on the lack of space for Civil Society participation at the
#FfD4
Conference 🔥🔥🔥💪💪💪
#FfD4People
#SystemChangeNow
#EraOfJustice
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Mehr Demokratie
3 months ago
Eigentum verpflichtet: Die Empfehlungen der
#Bürgerdebatte
gerechte Steuern und Finanzen sind da! 40 per Los ausgewählte Bürger:innen haben letztes Wochenende gemeinsam Ideen für ein gerechtes Finanz- und Steuersystem erarbeitet. (1/4) 👉 Zu den Empfehlungen:
www.steuerdebatte.info/ablauf/empfe...
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Bürgerdebatte gerechte Steuern und Finanzen
Gute Politik und demokratische Entscheidungen sind immer auch eine Frage des Geldes. Was wollen und können wir uns als Gemeinschaft leisten? wer soll dafür bezahlen? Über diese Fragen sollte nicht nur...
https://www.steuerdebatte.info/
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Tax Justice Network
3 months ago
'Scarcity to address the climate crisis comes not from a genuine lack of resources but from elite capture and a lack of tax sovereignty on the part of countries' ~ Franziska Mager
#SB62
#ClimateFinance
#BonnClimateConference
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The reports were true:
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
I'm wondering what all the business associations in Europe and elsewhere in the world will have to say about this...
bsky.app/profile/taxj...
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3 months ago
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Tax Justice Network
3 months ago
If today’s reports are true, G7 countries will be choosing tax subjugation under Trump over tax sovereignty at the UN. But it’s looking like Trump might not be able to hold countries at economic gunpoint much longer.
taxjustice.net/press/g7-has...
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G7 hasty cave in would finally pronounce global tax deal dead - Tax Justice Network
It's looking like Trump might not be able to hold countries at economic gunpoint much longer.
https://taxjustice.net/press/g7-hasty-cave-in-would-finally-pronounce-global-tax-deal-dead/
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40 ehemalige Staatschefs fordern eine „neue Wirtschaftskoalition der Willigen“, um Ungleichheit, Armut & Umweltzerstörung zurückzudrängen. Dafür schlagen sie unter anderem bessere internationale Zusammenarbeit im Steuerbereich bei den Vereinten Nationen vor. Brief:
clubmadrid.org/wp-content/u...
3 months ago
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Katja Rietzler
3 months ago
Inspiriert von der DGB-Verteilungskonferenz habe ich heute im Buchladen meines Vertrauens (
varia-vardar.buchkatalog.de
) meine Urlaubslektüre abgeholt.
@steuergerecht.bsky.social
@martynalinartas.bsky.social
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Surplus | Das Wirtschaftsmagazin
3 months ago
Mit Steuersenkungen für Unternehmen will Schwarz-Rot die Wirtschaft beleben. Das verstärkt die Ungleichheit und verschärft bestehende Probleme.
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Mythen-Check: Das bringt der »Wirtschaftsbooster« wirklich
Mit Steuersenkungen für Unternehmen will Schwarz-Rot die Wirtschaft beleben. Das verstärkt die Ungleichheit und verschärft wirtschaftlichen Probleme.
https://www.surplusmagazin.de/mythen-wirtschaftsbooster-steuersenkungen-unternehmen/
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Appeal by 40 former heads of state for a “new economic coalition of the willing” to address the threats of inequality, poverty & environmental breakdown. Organised by
@clubdemadrid.bsky.social
, it proposes a pathway for international tax cooperation.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
#FfD4
3 months ago
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Tax Justice Network
3 months ago
In preparation for the next round of UN tax talks in August, we've putting together policy cheat sheets explaining the ABCs of tax justice and how the
#UNtaxConvention
can deliver on these. Find out more:
taxjustice.net/2025/06/25/o...
@laynejohnson
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Tax Justice Network
3 months ago
Today, during the lead-up to
#FfD4
, we’re holding our event: ‘Financing Public Services: Fulfilling Human Rights and Building a Care Society’. 🔗 Join us online by registering here :
bit.ly/3TATCjT
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Tax Justice Network
3 months ago
The myth of millionaires leaving countries in significant numbers is in the news again this morning. How many are leaving? Less than 1%.
#TaxtheSuperRich
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Tax Justice Network
3 months ago
Despite Henley & Partners backtracking on their claim about a millionaire "exodus" after we called out their report, news outlets are re-running the "exodus" myth this morning using Henley's latest shaky numbers to scaremonger. 🧵
#TaxTheSuperRich
@patmillsuk.bsky.social
@taxjusticeuk.bsky.social
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Malte Kreutzfeldt
3 months ago
Jetzt wo die Verantwortlichen für den Blackout in Spanien feststehen: Ob die Kollegen, die vorschnell die Erneuerbaren verantwortlich gemacht hatten, ihre Kommentare jetzt wohl aktualisieren…?
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Alex Cobham
3 months ago
Our response out now - as the G77 said, a modest step forward. Some real wins to build on, but some disappointment too, especially on debt where the EU has badly let itself down. It is a significant shift for the entire world to move forward together, ditching the US
taxjustice.net/press/us-ign...
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US ignored as Sevilla ‘financing for development’ outcome is adopted by consensus - Tax Justice Network
The US gave up and withdrew from months-long negotiations, leaving the rest of the world to agree the text by absolute consensus.
https://taxjustice.net/press/us-ignored-as-sevilla-financing-for-development-outcome-is-adopted-by-consensus/
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Tax Justice Network
4 months ago
Millionaire migration rates have stood at near-0% for the last decade. The estimates on migrating millionaires reported in the news, when put into perspective, reveal a picture that is at complete odds with the "millionaire exodus" narrative.
#TaxTheSuperRich
taxjustice.net/reports/the-...
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Tax Justice Network
4 months ago
"I mean it's worse than spin, isn't it? It's just incorrect."
@lbc.co.uk
's Ian Payne reacting to our research today showing that the widely reported "millionaire exodus" did not happen.
#BogusExodus
#TaxTheSuperRich
@alexcobham.bsky.social
taxjustice.net/press/millio...
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Netzwerk Steuergerechtigkeit
4 months ago
📉 Warum der Wirtschaftsbooster kaum wirken wird! Steuererleichterung für Unternehmen im Mythencheck. 🔍 Hier lesen:
www.netzwerk-steuergerechtigkeit.de/mythen-check...
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Mythen-Check: Was der Wirtschaftsbooster wirklich bringt - Netzwerk Steuergerechtigkeit
Eines der ersten großen Reformvorhaben aus dem Koalitionsvertrag ist auf den Weg gebracht: Das Kabinett hat sich auf massive Steuererleichterungen […]
https://www.netzwerk-steuergerechtigkeit.de/mythen-check-was-der-wirtschaftsbooster-wirklich-bringt/
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Tax Justice Network
4 months ago
🚨🌎The world’s biggest suppliers of financial secrecy: 1 United States 2 Switzerland 3 Singapore 4 Hong Kong 5 Luxembourg 6 Germany 7 Netherlands 8 South Korea 9 Guernsey 10 Japan The top suppliers are shifting towards autocracy, our
#FSI2025
reveals.
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4 months ago
🇪🇺 💶EU countries' "Jekyll-&-Hyde" secrecy exposed: deliberately being less transparent & cooperative w/ lower income countries, negating legal commitments. Half are using a backdoor to shield non-EU countries’ tax evaders from accountability
#FSI2025
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Tax Justice Network
4 months ago
🌍Countries supplying the most financial secrecy are shifting towards autocracy, our latest update to our ranking of the world’s biggest enablers of dark and dirty money reveals.
#FSI2025
taxjustice.net/press/financ...
#FinancialSecrecy
#TaxJustice
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Tax Justice Network
4 months ago
The Financial Secrecy Index has been used by banks to fight
#MoneyLaundering
by academics to investigate the English Premier League & by leading institutes to enrich their renowned databases. Read more on the inspiring ways people are using the
#FSI2025
bit.ly/4kiELXb
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The Financial Secrecy Index, a cherished tool for policy research across the globe - Tax Justice Network
This blog showcases the Tax Justice Network's Financial Secrecy Index as a research tool for academics, database creators and private parties.
https://bit.ly/4kiELXb
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Tax Justice Network
4 months ago
🚨🌎The world’s biggest suppliers of financial secrecy: 1 United States 2 Switzerland 3 Singapore 4 Hong Kong 5 Luxembourg 6 Germany 7 Netherlands 8 South Korea 9 Guernsey 10 Japan The top suppliers are shifting towards autocracy, our
#FSI2025
reveals.
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Tax Justice Network
4 months ago
Secrecy and autocracy with Trump or democracy and transparency with the UN? The world is backing a
#UNTaxConvention
. Only a few rich countries stand in the way. Time to choose!
#TaxJustice
#FSI2025
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Tax Justice Network
4 months ago
🇪🇺 💶EU countries' "Jekyll-&-Hyde" secrecy exposed: deliberately being less transparent & cooperative w/ lower income countries, negating legal commitments. Half are using a backdoor to shield non-EU countries’ tax evaders from accountability
#FSI2025
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Tax Justice Network
4 months ago
🌍Countries supplying the most financial secrecy are shifting towards autocracy, our latest update to our ranking of the world’s biggest enablers of dark and dirty money reveals.
#FSI2025
taxjustice.net/press/financ...
#FinancialSecrecy
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🚨🌎Die weltweit größten Schattenfinanzanbieter 2025: 1 Vereinigte Staaten 2 Schweiz 3 Singapur 4 Hongkong 5 Luxemburg 6 Deutschland 7 Niederlande 8 Südkorea 9 Guernsey 10 Japan Die größten Schattenfinanzanbieter bewegen sich in Richtung Autokratie. Unsere PM:
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4 months ago
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Tax Justice Network
4 months ago
⚡Financial secrecy rocks democracies. The latest
#FSI2025
shows countries enabling the most
#financialSecrecy
are shifting towards autocracy. US ranks 1st & downgraded to an anocracy. EU countries are accused of "Jekyll-and-Hyde"-like secrecy.
bit.ly/450aU0U
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Tax Justice Network
4 months ago
🚨Tomorrow: the latest update of the
#FinancialSecrecyIndex
is released! Get ready for fresh data as
#FSI2025
reveals the world’s biggest suppliers of financial secrecy, driving tax abuse, money laundering & global inequality, & shows the legal fixes governments must make.
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4 months ago
🚨Who owns an AI-controlled company? AI may soon create & run companies with no human involved. This raises urgent questions for transparency, accountability &
#BeneficialOwnership
laws. Explore how rules must evolve 👉
bit.ly/4djoHBG...
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When AI runs a company, who is the beneficial owner? - Tax Justice Network
AI is likely being used to help register new companies and make company decisions, creating new challenges for beneficial ownership transparency
https://bit.ly/4djoHBG
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Tax Justice Network
5 months ago
We've extended the deadline for the call for papers for the forthcoming Climate for Change conference in Brazil (presenting online is possible if travel is a challenge) so you can still submit proposals until next Sunday, 11 May.
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A climate for change: Towards just taxation for climate finance - Tax Justice Network
English | Portuguese | Spanish The convergence of climate justice and tax reform is an ethical, political, and economic imperative. In a world marked by escalating inequality and an environmental cris...
https://taxjustice.net/events/a-climate-for-change-towards-just-taxation-for-climate-finance/
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Alex Cobham
6 months ago
Exciting opportunity at a promising new entrant to the
#TaxJustice
world!
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Tax Justice Network
6 months ago
In our new paper in the European Journal on Criminal Policy & Research, we show how countries can back their national risk assessments with a novel and practical analysis of their vulnerabilities to
#IllicitFinancialFlows
taxjustice.net/2025/04/10/v...
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Vulnerabilities to illicit financial flows: complementing national risk assessments - Tax Justice Network
Our paper in the European Journal on Criminal Policy & Research shows how countries can back their risk assessments with an illicit financial flows analysis
https://taxjustice.net/2025/04/10/vulnerabilities-to-illicit-financial-flows-complementing-national-risk-assessments/
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Netzwerk Steuergerechtigkeit
6 months ago
Diese Woche soll der Koalitionsvertrag fertig werden. Die bisherigen Vereinbarungen zu Steuern und Finanzen sind wenig ambitioniert und lassen viel Raum für Verbesserung. In unserem neuen Gerechtigkeits-Check haben wir uns das genauer angeschaut:
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Tax Justice Network
6 months ago
New paper out📫 How have
#BeneficialOwnership
laws been evolving and why do they remain incomplete? 🔍 Our new paper uses the Transnational Legal Ordering framework to answer these questions and propose solutions.
taxjustice.net/2025/04/07/n...
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New article explores why the fight for beneficial ownership transparency isn’t over - Tax Justice Network
Our new paper uses the Transnational Legal Ordering framework to see how beneficial ownership laws are evolving and why they remain incomplete
https://taxjustice.net/2025/04/07/new-article-explores-why-the-fight-for-beneficial-ownership-transparency-isnt-over/
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Katja Rietzler
6 months ago
Kontroverse Diskussion zu Steuern in der Phönix-Runde u.a. mit
sdullien.bsky.social
und Julia Jirmann vom
@steuergerecht.bsky.social
- natürlich mitten in der Nacht.
www.ardmediathek.de/video/phoeni...
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phoenix runde: Erhöhen oder entlasten - Welche Steuern sind gerecht? - hier anschauen
Moderatorin Anke Plättner diskutiert mit Ursula Weidenfeld (Wirtschaftsjournalistin), Prof. Sebastian Dullien (Ökonom Hans-Böckler-Stiftung), Thomas Hoppe (Bundesvorsitzender „Die jungen Unternehmer“)...
https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/phoenix-runde/erhoehen-oder-entlasten-welche-steuern-sind-gerecht/phoenix/Y3JpZDovL3Bob2VuaXguZGUvNDg2MTk5Nw
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Tax Justice Network
6 months ago
📢 Save the Date! 🌍💰 Join us at Climate for Change - where
#ClimateJustice
&
#TaxJustice
movements unite! Let’s move from dependency to power, from promises to real change. 📅 13-14 October 2025 📍 University of Campinas, Brazil
taxjustice.net/events/a-cli...
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