Financial Transparency Coalition

TJN has been long been a critic of the OECD’s Arm’s Length system for addressing transfer pricing shenanigans (see TJN’s summary of what is involved here). A system that might have worked well enough 70 years ago is not fit for purpose today. About a year ago TJN published two articles summarising longer papers in

HUMANBE is a unique organization focused on promoting sustainable development throughout all aspects of life: economic practices, the environment, social interaction, etc. The organization’s mission is to change both the individual and collective behavior of society through the implementation of concrete and sustainable solutions. Recognized as an organization working to build a more humane society, HUMANBE makes every effort to build awareness of our interdependence.

The global financial crisis—including the housing market bubble in the United States, the plummeting of the stock market, soaring unemployment and the resulting Great Recession worldwide—sparked an inundation of ideas about what we should do next or what we should have done differently. Many of these ideas are not new. In fact, many of them are very old. As a result, particularly in the United Statesand in Europe, we’ve seen a resurgence of economic thought from the full spectrum of thought—from Frederick Hayek and Milton Friedman to John Maynard Keynes. One of the ideas that’s gained some traction and popularity...

Raymond Baker writes at the Huffngton Post that outflows, not aid, must be curtailed in order to fight poverty in the developing world.