Live Breaking News & Updates on Even Organisation For Economic Cooperation

Stay updated with breaking news from Even organisation for economic cooperation. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Myths, Lobbies Block International Tax Cooperation


SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 29 2021 (IPS) - Too many have swallowed the myth that lowering corporate income tax (CIT) is necessary to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) for growth. Although contradicted by their own research, this lie has long been promoted by influential international economic institutions.
‘Beggar-thy-neighbour’ policies
The early 1980s’ economics ‘counter-revolution’ impacted the ‘Washington Consensus’ of the US federal government and the two Washington-based Bretton Woods institutions (BWIs) – the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.
Anis Chowdhury
Thus, the rise of ‘supply side’ economics in the US – advocating lower direct taxes on income and wealth – influenced the world. Without evidence, IMF researchers justified its policy advice thus: “The complete abolition of CIT would be the most direct application of the theoretical result that small open economies should not tax capital income.” ....

Kuala Lumpur , United States , New South Wales , United Kingdom , South Africa , Janet Yellen , Anis Chowdhury , David Malpass , Jomo Kwame Sundaram , Lobbies Block International Tax Cooperation , Development Aid , International Monetary Fund , World Bank , Even Organisation For Economic Cooperation , Financial Crisis , Terraviva United , Lobbies Block International Tax , Washington Consensu , Washington Based Bretton Woods , Doing Business Report , Sub Saharan African , Economic Cooperation , Latin America , Secretary Janet Yellen , Even The Economist , Independent Commission ,