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Cyprus Is No Longer a Tax Haven for Russia’s Oligarchs

August 11, 2020

Moscow announced the unilateral termination of the transnational agreement with Cyprus on the avoidance of double taxation. Effectively, Cyprus will no longer be a tax haven for Russia’s rich. Ru…

Modern Monetary Theory Is Playing With Fire

August 10, 2020

Opinion

Like it or not Stephanie Kelton is an economist whose ideas are making a huge splash in the world of economic thinking. She currently serves as a professor at Stony Brook University but more…

The Secret Reason Billionaires Love a Pandemic

June 24, 2020

Opinion

We live in a time when there are more billionaires walking around than ever before. (They don’t actually walk. They have someone do that for them.) And one can’t deny billionaires are billionaires bec…

Let the Battle for the Tax Producers Begin

May 17, 2020

Opinion

The great Murray Rothbard cut through the fog of modern class warfare with his observation that in a place with governments issuing edicts the citizenry breaks down into two classes — tax producers an…

France’s Yellow Vests: Fuel Tax Hike Triggers Poverty, Finances War and Repayment of the Public Debt

December 17, 2018

Opinion

The Western media in chorus upholds France’s President Macron against the Yellow Vests Movement, which it describes as “Climate Deniers”. The New York Times casually describes the fuel tax hike as a c…

On Money, Power and Taxation

October 7, 2018

Opinion

Power and money, money and power, Which is stronger, money or power? Money can give you a lifetime of honey, But power allows you to steal others’ money. Today, I’ll look at money, political power, an…

Governments are Corporations

July 30, 2018

Opinion

The Gold Standard Will Break up the Banking Cartel Power corrupts Nothing ruins people faster than getting too much money with little to no effort. Few bank robbers, lottery winners, or sports stars c…

How Jordan Brought Its Economic Woes on Itself

June 9, 2018

Opinion

As protests continue in Jordan, the kingdom has put the blame for the economy’s lacklustre performance and controversial tax reforms on IMF-backed austerity measures and a drop in foreign aid. But in …