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It is well known that several countries of Latin America are among the most unequal in the world, in terms of both income and asset distribution. There are many political [...]

Byline: JAYATI GHOSH NEW DELHI -- OPINION Professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a member of the UN Secretary-General's High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism I [...]

Byline: JAYATI GHOSH NEW DELHI -- Professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a member of the UN Secretary-General's High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism Kim Stanley [...]

This article is part of our series on the history of neoliberalism. These articles were solicited as part of our celebration of the 45th anniversary of Dollars & Sense. Tind [...]

Every year, Oxfam's briefing on global inequality exposes the massive and growing economic gulf in the world, rendering our societies dystopic and our polities unviable. In the past few years, [...]

TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY IMPERIALISM HAS CHANGED ITS FORM. In the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it was explicitly related to colonial control; in the second half [...]

Europe is now the epicenter of the global economic crisis. As the world watches each move in that continent with bated breath, whatever happens the current economic structure and trajectory [...]

The article discusses the importance of global tax reform and the potential consequences for low and middle-income countries. It highlights the inequalities present in bilateral tax treaties, which often favor multinational companies and divert resources from developing to developed countries. The article also compares two versions of a subject-to-tax rule, one from the OECD and the other from the United Nations Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters (UNTC), emphasizing the advantages of the UNTC's model. It concludes by urging developing countries to be aware of the nuances and implications of these treaties and to fight for a more just international taxation framework. [Extracted from the article]