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Trump’s tariff fantasy collides with economic reality - The Boston Globe The president claims an “economic miracle.” The data tell a different story.

No, the tariffs are not unleashing an American economic miracle. A reality check, with @mtkonczal.bsky.social in @bostonglobe.com
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/13/o...

YouTube video by 10 News Does Australia Get More Tax From Beer Than Gas?

Australia is leading way when it comes to not taxing corporations. We virtually give away our gas for free. Japan is buying gas so cheaply, it now onsells it for profit.

Tax on beer exports was $AUD 2.7 billion, tax on gas offshore exports was $AUD 1.5 billion.

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Ensuring tax justice in a fragile and unequal world economy - Foundation for European Progressive Studies When a handful of economists met over a century ago in Geneva to deliver a […]

Global South is pushing for fairness; Europe is hesitant to rewrite century-old tax rules that would favour them as well.
#UNtaxConvention negotiations are a chance to shape fair rules & rebuild trust- @jayatighosh.bsky.social & Tommaso Faccio in @feps-europe.eu.

🔗 feps-europe.eu/ensuring-tax...

YouTube video by Initiative for Policy Dialogue Representative Ro Khanna, in conversation with Joseph Stiglitz

You can now watch Representative @rokhanna.bsky.social and @josephestiglitz.bsky.social in conversation at the conference on New Thinking in Industrial Policy: Perspectives from Developed and Developing Countries on IPD's Youtube channel. @columbiasipa.bsky.social

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At @australiainstitute.org.au webinar @josephestiglitz.bsky.social argued for very high tax rates on corporate natural resource super-profits.
As long as there are excess returns, companies will continue to invest.
Tax those super-profits heavily the resources belong to the Australian people.
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Our review of the ICC's report on crossborder services finds it relies on a deeply flawed model, making its results meaningless at best – if not deliberate distortions to serve a lobbying agenda.

We advise treating the report with great caution.
#UNtaxConvention taxjustice.net/ICCreport

At the #UNTaxConvention negotiations, #ICRICT Advisor Verónica Grondona raised a critical issue:

🌍Exchange of information is essential to address money laundering and financial crimes — but "especially" for improving the efficiency of tax revenue collection.

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Even the @wsj.com agrees: corporate profits are soaring while workers' share keeps shrinking📉
What do democracies do about it?
Join our co-chair @josephestiglitz.bsky.social & The Australia Institute on why democracies need to collect more corporate tax
🗓️Feb 10
⏰5 PM EST
🔗https://theaus.in/4qiMeaI

Please join me if you are able for this upcoming webinar with @australiainstitute.org.au in which we will discuss why corporate tax is good – and why democracies should be collecting more of it. Tue Feb. 10 at 5 pm EST/Wed Feb 11 at 9am AEDT
Registration free: theaus.in/4qiMeaI

The latest @projectsyndicate.bsky.social piece with @jayatighosh.bsky.social on how to have multinational corporations pay their fair share of taxes.

Why are democracies racing to the bottom on corporate tax while Big Gas & Big Tech get richer?
@josephestiglitz.bsky.social joins @australiainstitute.org.au to discuss why inequality threatens democracy, and why corporate tax is the solution.
🗓️Feb 10
⏰5 PM EST
🔗Register: theaus.in/4qiMeaI

Will Democracy Govern Capitalism - or Be Consumed by It? Joseph E. Stiglitz & Jayati Ghosh urge the rest of the world to salvage a global tax convention that the United States wants to derail.

While US MNEs were exempted from the global minimum, the #UNTaxConvention offers a way forward for tax justice.
As @josephestiglitz.bsky.social & @jayatighosh.bsky.social explain in @projectsyndicate.bsky.social, tax extreme wealth or watch democracy crumble.
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Negotiations have resumed this week at the UN for a Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation. Corporations and the wealthy must pay their fair share of taxes and not be allowed to burrow into loopholes or stash their money out of view. Countries suffer and citizens suffer. Enough.

🎯#RosaRodríguez, #Pasapalabra 🇪🇸 y la justica fiscal!
La ganadora del mayor premio en la historia del show está "encantada" de que la mitad vaya a pagar servicios públicos.
"Soy fiel creyente en nuestro sistema de impuestos por los servicios públicos que tenemos en 🇪🇸"
👋Bravo!

The UN Tax Convention raises important questions.

Its aim is to promote a more democratic and inclusive allocation of taxing rights, particularly for developing countries, with direct implications for the financing of public goods, social services and responses to the impacts of climate change.

To discuss the role financial transparency needs to play within this process, we hosted an event organised by @giescr.bsky.social with officials and civil society representatives, including Prof José Antonio Ocampo, Commissioner at @icrict.bsky.social and former Finance Minister of Colombia.

The event was organised by @giescr.bsky.social, @icrict.bsky.social, @taxjustice.net and @cesr.bsky.social and The Initiative for Human Rights Principles in Fiscal Policy.

📢It's time for all countries to stand behind the #UNTaxConvention to strengthen every country's taxaing rights.
@josephestiglitz.bsky.social's message is clear.
Full statement👇:
www.icrict.com/wp-content/u...

How effective are transparency innovations in curbing offshore tax evasion? We’re spending the next two days examining the latest evidence on illicit financial flows.

🎙️ Opening remarks by @gabrielzucman.bsky.social.

Can’t make it? Catch the full recording on our YouTube later this week!

Day 2 kicks off with a session on Common Reporting Standard (CRS) & compliance.

"There is significant tax evasion through offshore tax havens, mostly driven by the wealthiest. Third-party information is key to tax enforcement, & AEoI contributes to this objective." 💬 @hjaltefb.bsky.social

Make polluters pay: Proposal for a surtax on fossil fuel industries’ profits - Global Tax Justice Against the backdrop of rising inequalities and the accelerating climate and environmental crisis, this paper, by Eurodad and GATJ proposes surtaxes on the profits of the fossil fuel industry.

In GATJ's latest report with @eurodadnews.bsky.social we show how a surtax on fossil fuel industries’ profits can bring in hundreds of billions of USD, delivering urgently needed finance for public services and climate action.

Read the report: bit.ly/3JtyYB3

🔵Day 2 recap | #UNTaxConvention negotiations:

4th session saw more discussion on the fair allocation of taxing rights (Article 5), on taxing high-net-worth individuals, and tackling tax-related illicit financial flows (Article 7).

👉 Full recap: bit.ly/49bYxRz

Tax Justice Network Africa's insightful intervention backing this point - and reminding everybody that addressing the historical imbalances between countries is exactly the point of the commitment.

Brilliant response from the Africa Union to the complaint that the implementing #UNtaxConvention 's commitment to fair taxing rights between countries would require renegotiating 3000 treaties.

Everything you need to know about the negotiations: taxjustice.net/topics/un-ta...

“Just when you think it’s hit rock bottom, the OECD comes up with a set of tax rules that are even more unfair…if the OECD is throwing in the towel on taxing multinational corporations, the #UNtaxConvention has to step up.”

Great intervention from @waronwant.bsky.social & @globaltaxjustice.org

The chair of the #UNtaxConvention's Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee just delivered some refreshingly sharp facts about the realities of the global tax system, the challenges developing countries face & what the talks must achieve. It's worth watching in full. taxjustice.net/topics/un-ta...

🎯Critical week for global tax reform.
@josephestiglitz.bsky.social addresses @un.org ECOSOC on financial integrity, illicit flows & the importance of the #UNTaxConvention negotiations in these turbulent times.
🗓️Feb 4
⏰10 AM
📍ECOSOC Chamber, UN HQ
👉Full program: financing.desa.un.org/sites/defaul...

🌍 After Nairobi, ahead of New York: the #UNTaxConvention is taking shape. A new draft text, background papers, and updated country positions reveal how negotiations are evolving - on sovereignty, cooperation, and definitions. Read more: taxjustice.net/2026/01/27/a...

« La souveraineté fiscale n’est pas une question technique mais un enjeu de pouvoir politique » TRIBUNE. La France, autrefois à la pointe en matière d’imposition des fortunes, doit de nouveau contribuer à réécrire les règles mondiales en matière de fiscalité des entreprises, plaide Alex Cobham, directeur général du Tax Justice Network, dans une tribune au « Monde ».

🌍⚖️💰 In an op-ed for @lemonde.fr, @alexcobham.bsky.social @taxjustice.net argues that fiscal sovereignty is not merely administrative, but a struggle over political power & democratic control. Read the full article. 👉 bit.ly/3ZcExrQ

#TaxJustice #FiscalSovereignty #UNTaxConvention #France #OECD

🔜 🔵 #UNTaxConvention negotiations resume in New York!

The talks could reshape economies, strengthen democracies, & protect the planet - trillions, public services, #ClimateJustice & #HumanRights are at stake.

Follow talks, track countries, & learn more: 👉 bit.ly/4hTU0VZ