{"id":6500,"date":"2020-05-26T22:04:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T20:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=6500"},"modified":"2020-11-11T01:05:12","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T00:05:12","slug":"tax-havens-economy-nicholas-shaxson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/politics\/tax-havens-economy-nicholas-shaxson\/","title":{"rendered":"Exposing Tax Havens &#038; their Destructive Effects on the Economy | With Nicholas Shaxson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 pb-3\">\n<p><strong>Exposing Tax Havens &amp; their Destructive Effects on the Economy | With Nicholas Shaxson<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"\">In this interview with British author, journalist &amp; writer Nicholas Shaxson, we uncover the role of tax havens and secrecy jurisdiction. In addition, we discuss the negative impacts that tax havens have on our economy and democracy. Finally, we talk about recent developments on this issue and also what actions governments and individuals can undertake to ensure that our economy functions in a just manner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To read the transcript of this interview:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Exposing-Tax-Havens-their-Destructive-Effects-on-the-Economy-_-With-Journalist-Nicholas-Shaxson.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Exposing Tax Havens &amp; their Destructive Effects on the Economy\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>VIDEO:\u00a0Exposing Tax Havens &amp; their Destructive Effects on the Economy<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Exposing Tax Havens &amp; their Destructive Effects on the Economy | With Nicholas Shaxson\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vvI50a76Zd4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>To watch more of our videos on this topic or with other experts such as Edward Snowden, Noam Chomsky, Abby Martin, Yanis Varoufakis, Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill, Jill Stein, Daniel Ellsberg, etc, please visit and subscribe to our YouTube channel by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/acTVismMunich?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Donate today to support independent &amp; non-profit media!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0or on the picture below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4434 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future-300x100.jpg 300w\" width=\"700\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>ABOUT\u00a0NICHOLAS SHAXSON<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Nicholas Shaxson<\/strong>\u00a0is a journalist and writer on the staff of Tax Justice Network. He is author of the book \u2018Poisoned Wells\u2019 about the oil industry in Africa, published in 2007, \u2018Treasure Islands: Tax havens and the Men who Stole the World\u2019, published in January 2011, and \u2018The Finance Curse: How global finance is making us all poorer\u2019, published in October 2018. He lives in Berlin.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CITATION OF WEBSITE, YOUTUBE &amp; TWITTER IMAGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Author: The Spider&#8217;s Web<\/li>\n<li>Link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spiderswebfilm.com\/crew\/nicholas-shaxson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/spiderswebfilm.com\/crew\/nicholas-shaxson\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NOTE: acTVism Munich is an independent and non-profit organisation and does use images only for educational purposes. No copyright infringement is intended. Please Email us at info@acTVism.org in case you want this image to be taken down. 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