The Great (non) Tax Debate
Mike Berry | June 25, 2024
What the current tax battles in Australia highlight are the political barriers to real taxation reform in capitalist societies living in the shadow of neoliberalism.
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What the current tax battles in Australia highlight are the political barriers to real taxation reform in capitalist societies living in the shadow of neoliberalism.
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In our article, that was awarded the 2023 AIPEN Richard Higgott Prize for best journal article, we analyse some of the key political actors that do talk about taxes, namely the Big Four professional services firms of PwC, Deloitte, EY and KPMG.
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In a recent paper in Journal of Economic Issues, I explore a particularly interesting variant on the problem of unexplored normativity, politicisation and its ethical consequences. Put simply, standard theory of tax evasion inadvertently treats everyone as a criminal. Moreover, while recent [...]
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Around the globe governments spent massively to soften the effects of Covid-19 on their economies. They spent a combined total of $16 trillion in the year to April 2021, according to the International Monetary Fund. As a result, debt-to-GDP ratios have risen. Globally, the debt-to-GDP [...]
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The Coalition government’s “Jobs and Growth” agenda is already in big trouble, only months after serving as the centerpiece of its reelection campaign. Australia lost 34,000 full-time jobs last year, underemployment is at record levels, and GDP growth has slipped into negative [...]
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