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Tommaso Faccio

Tommaso Faccio

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Tommaso Faccio is Head of Secretariat of the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation.

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  1. The Global Minimum Corporate Tax Needs More Work
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    The Global Minimum Corporate Tax Needs More Work

    Jun 19, 2023 Joseph E. Stiglitz & Tommaso Faccio calls for new talks to improve on the flawed international agreement of two years ago.

  2. How to Secure a Fairer Global Tax Deal
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    How to Secure a Fairer Global Tax Deal

    Jul 7, 2021 José Antonio Ocampo & Tommaso Faccio argue that the recent OECD agreement on taxing multinationals does not help poorer countries enough.

  3. A Global Tax Deal for the Rich, Not the Poor
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    A Global Tax Deal for the Rich, Not the Poor

    Jun 11, 2021 José Antonio Ocampo & Tommaso Faccio show why the recent G7 corporate-taxation agreement falls short of developing countries’ needs.

  4. Making Multinationals and the Wealthy Pay
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    Making Multinationals and the Wealthy Pay

    Jun 30, 2020 José Antonio Ocampo & Tommaso Faccio argue that, with the COVID-19 response draining government coffers, corporate tax reform has become urgent.

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    Musk Has Made Tesla a Meme Stock

    J. Bradford DeLong worries that the first mover in electric vehicles is increasingly running on bucket-shop hype.
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    The US Treasury’s Bond Blunder Will Cost Gen Z Dearly

    Todd G. Buchholz & James Carter thinks the US should have locked in favorable borrowing rates when it had the chance.
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    What’s Driving the Global Gold Rush?

    Harold James considers the political factors pushing the price of the “barbarous relic” to all-time highs.
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    Global Elections in the Shadow of Neoliberalism

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    While scandals, culture wars, and threats to democracy dominate the headlines, the biggest issues in this super election year ultimately concern economic policies. After all, the rise of anti-democratic populist authoritarianism is itself the legacy of a misbegotten economic ideology.

    considers what 40 years of anti-government, low-tax, deregulatory advocacy have wrought around the world.
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    Averting Climate Catastrophe Requires Economic Growth

    Alessio Terzi & Gernot Wagner show why shrinking the global economy, as envisaged by advocates of degrowth, is a bad way to cut emissions.
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    Banned By Germany

    Yanis Varoufakis

    Germany recently prohibited a Palestinian Congress from taking place in Berlin, arrested its Jewish supporters, and barred one of its organizers, Greece’s former finance minister, from entering the country. But the turn to repression is powerful evidence that the country’s pro-Israel political consensus is breaking down.

    sees in his case an effort to enforce with repression a pro-Israel political consensus that is breaking down.
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    China Should Emulate Taiwan’s Tech Policies

    Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng urge the Chinese government to follow the island's lead by embracing the financialization of innovation.
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    The Macron Moment

    Mark Leonard thinks the French president has the capability to provide the strategic leadership that Europe needs.
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    Is Climate Action China’s Trump Card?

    Li Shuo & Lauri Myllyvirta explain why the country’s emissions-reduction plan for 2035 could accelerate the fight against global warming.

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