“Tax Wars”, the dark side of tax evasion
The metaphor of Jedi knights standing against the dark forces of globalization works. The International Monetary Fund is formal: multinationals deprive states of nearly 600 billion dollars in legitimate taxes each year by taking advantage of the absence of global regulation. Yet, public money is lacking to combat global warming, food insecurity, pandemics and the abysmal increase in inequalities. Once again, it is developing countries, whose resources are plundered without fair compensation, that are the first victims of this "heist of the century". But faced with the omnipotence of multinationals, the Jedi knights are going on the attack.
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