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Globalisation: How can we tax the footloose multinationals?

Graham Watson

14th February 2019

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Joseph Stiglitz writes on the thorny question of tax avoidance by multinationals, such as Apple, and concludes that for all their talk, the notion of corporate social responsibility is largely hot air, but that constructing an appropriate tax system is going to be a tricky business.

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Graham Watson

Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to Tutor2U, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.

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