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This final episode in our Investigating International Finance series explores the controversial ways in which global...
This final episode in our Investigating International Finance series explores the controversial ways in which global finance interacts with the developing world. Western financial firms can buy, restructure, and then sell off companies, often leaving them saddled with debt. We also look at 'land grabbing', the widespread selling and leasing of land in Africa to corporations, which can result in governments evicting local people from their land.
This is the fourth in a series of four videos investigating different areas of the international finance system. Each is a short introduction to a major challenge we face if we want to reform global finance and make it work for people and the planet.
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David Wilhelm used to work in politics, but now he's a private sector guy, devoting his efforts to business...
David Wilhelm used to work in politics, but now he's a private sector guy, devoting his efforts to business initiatives that produce both social and sharehol...
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Kelly takes a look at one...
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Kelly takes a look at one American view of foreign policy, and usin...
James S. Henry introduces a hot topic: offshore banking. The G8 and G20 are planning meetings to discuss it. Even...
James S. Henry introduces a hot topic: offshore banking. The G8 and G20 are planning meetings to discuss it. Even the Netherlands is a tax haven for certain types of companies. The huge amount of numbers and graphs tells us that we are confronted with nothing less than a global tax haven industry. For example, Apple makes 100 billion dollars a year of tax free profits because of the games private bankers know how to play.
In medieval times people couldn't hide their wealth when tax collectors came to inventory it. Nowadays they can. It is said that 64 percent of the global profits are parked offshore, for an important part by multinationals from the first world.
The third world is the victim of this practise. An example from the banana industry: exporting a banana from the Cayman Islands costs 13 pence. When it arrives in the UK to be consumed, the costs have grown to 60 pence. All of this money goes to other parties than the Cayman Islands.
Because of the tax havens, countries from the Third World are not able to receive the tax incomes they are entitled to. Henry even concludes that the debt problem of the third world is not a debt problem, but a tax problem. Both amount to almost the same.
Luis Capelo discusses the important role of the Digital Humanitarian Network as a interface between the volunteer...
Luis Capelo discusses the important role of the Digital Humanitarian Network as a interface between the volunteer technical communities and the traditional humanitarian response organizations, highlighting the collaboration framework for how to work with the V&TC community
