Reposted by Alex CobhamMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media. 9734681080
Reposted by Alex CobhamGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026You can see the genocide from space. Yet still it is widely denied. 361377619
Reposted by Alex CobhamTax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 18/08/2026Right now multinationals largely get to “pay where they say”, deciding for themselves where their profits appear on paper. It’s time to “pay where you play,” explains Alison Schultz and Bemnet Agata in a new piece for Common Dreams 👉Read here: www.commondreams.org/opinion/corp... #TaxJusticecommondreams.orgThe Century-Old Legal Fiction Costing America $35.5 Billion a Year | Common DreamsThe international corporate tax system treats the subsidiaries of major corporations as independent businesses, allowing these companies to pay tax where they say and not where they actually play. 1138
Reposted by Alex CobhamEPSU @epsu.bsky.social · 05/08/2026🤑 We pay. You pay. Palantir doesn’t. A new report finds that #Palantir is paying little to no corporate tax in Europe while expanding its influence over public services, policing, defence and national security. 💲 Public money in. Almost no tax out. Read the report: www.epsu.org/article/pala...epsu.orgPalantir pays almost no corporate tax in Europe while benefitting from public contracts: new reportA new report reveals that Palantir is paying little to no corporate taxes in Europe while building massive profits and share value off the back of public contracts. 24528
Reposted by Alex CobhamTax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 05/08/2026Our Chief Executive @alexcobham.bsky.social pushing back yesterday at the #UNTaxConvention negotiations in New York, reminding delegates that a full, agreed UN definition of illicit financial flows already exists, and shouldn't be narrowed now. webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1y...webtv.un.org(4th meeting) - Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation (INC Tax) - 3 to 13 August 2026The Fifth Session will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 3 to 13 August 2026. 085
Reposted by Alex CobhamTax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 04/08/2026Unitary taxation would end the fiction that a multinational is a collection of unrelated entities & tax it as what it is: a single business. Alison Schultz breaks down technical choices, from resource rights to where sales are measured, that shape who benefits from global tax reform. bit.ly/4wbE1s7 075
Reposted by Alex CobhamTax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 03/08/2026Find out more and see how much your country stands to gain here: bsky.app/profile/taxj... 0123
Reposted by Alex CobhamTax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 03/08/2026In a few hours, negotiations on a #UNtaxConvention will resume. Our new study with @psiglobalunion.bsky.social finds that the convention's commitment to change where we tax multinational corporations will see countries collect an extra $500bn from multinationals a year without increasing tax rates 187
Reposted by Alex CobhamTax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 02/08/2026Read our new study with @psiglobalunion.bsky.social, published this morning. bsky.app/profile/taxj... 066
Reposted by Alex CobhamTax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 02/08/2026While the UK has repeatedly tried to block progress at the UN, the new UK government has a real opportunity to change the UK's position and lead again on tackling global corporate tax abuse. 174
Reposted by Alex CobhamTax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 02/08/2026We spoke with @lbc.co.uk's @sandywarr.bsky.social this morning about the UN's plan to change how we tax multinational corporations from a "pay where you say" approach to a "pay where you play" approach, & how the UK stands to gain an extra £12.8 billion a year from these plans. #UNtaxConvention 1107
Reposted by Alex CobhamTax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 02/08/2026Countries can collect US$500 billion extra corporate tax a year from multinational corporations without increasing taxes by following through on the #UNtaxConvention’s commitment to change where multinationals pay tax. Our new study with @psiglobalunion.bsky.social: taxjustice.net/press/countr...taxjustice.netCountries to gain $500bn more tax a year under UN ‘pay-where-you-play’ plan - Tax Justice NetworkUN tax convention commitment to scrap 100-year-old corporate tax approach will unleash new economic era without increasing taxes, experts say Countries can collect US$500 billion more in corporate tax... 01814
Reposted by Alex CobhamTax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 29/06/2026💰Countries lose US$492 bn a year to global tax abuse. A new policy brief by Carolina Rodrigues Finette argues a global minimum corporate tax should sit at the heart of reforms under the #UNTaxConvention 👉https://www.neep-poverty.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1.5-Minimum-Corporate-Tax_final-1.pdf 11011
Reposted by Alex CobhamTax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 29/06/2026🇨🇭 Should global financial centres be judged by minimum standards or by how they use their influence to advance transparency? New Swissinfo.ch op-ed by Andres Knobel & Bob Michel argues Switzerland can go further on tax cooperation. 👉 tinyurl.com/2r55cxn5tinyurl.comSwitzerland has done little more than bare minimum to improve transparency of its financial systemSwitzerland again ranks top for enabling financial secrecy. The country tends to embrace transparency reforms only after sustained international pressure. 066
Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 27/06/2026US threatening 100% tariffs in response to DSTs. Only collective cooperation provides a defence of national sovereignty - and the UN framework convention on international tax cooperation being negotiated *now* is crucial www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comTrump threatens 100% tariff on European countries that impose digital taxUS president says levy would be imposed immediately and supersede pre-existing trade deals with the country 011
Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 26/06/2026😀 There is perhaps something to be said for having full public engagement on a question like this 010
Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I had wondered about the difference from the - if anything more dramatic - possible legislative change to reintroduce worldwide combined reporting (full unitary tax for multinationals), which doesn't require a ballot. So thanks for the question 100
Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Very good question! It turns out that the California Constitution currently caps taxes on certain intangible property at 0.4%, so a new tax (of 5% of billionaire wealth) requires a constitutional amendment, which in turn requires a ballot. Expert analysis via @itep.org here itep.org/expert-repor...itep.orgExpert Report on the California 2026 Billionaire Tax: Revenue, Economic, and Constitutional AnalysisThis article was originally published as University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2026-01. It was… 110
Reposted by Alex CobhamGRAIN @grain.org · 24/06/2026bilaterals.org, a clearing house for people’s struggles against FTAs around the world, has relaunched its website! New features include a simpler navigation system and more powerful search engine www.bilaterals.org/jun-2026-bil... @alexcobham.bsky.social @simonlester.com @icrict.bsky.social 041
Reposted by Alex CobhamTax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 24/06/2026🏠“You can only do so much about drug traffickers and corrupt oligarchs when the world’s biggest economy has no qualms about letting them buy up beach-front condos with their dirty money to rent out and finance their operations. " Moran Harari @taxjustice.net #FSI2026 👉 More tinyurl.com/h4td8a2a 077
Reposted by Alex CobhamTax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 24/06/2026🌊 🧱In a world where people in small boats are pushed back into dangerous waters and higher walls are built, selling #GoldenVisas raises serious moral concerns. Our index analysis shows this is also a #FinancialSecrecy issue. #FSI2026 👉Read more: taxjustice.net/2026/06/23/i... 068
Reposted by Alex CobhamTax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 23/06/2026"When you’re Zillow for money launderers, you’re dealing with a more extreme side of money laundering." @alexcobham.bsky.social, Chief Executive, @taxjustice.net. 👉 Find our more here: tinyurl.com/h4td8a2a #FSI2026 043
Reposted by Alex CobhamTax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 23/06/2026⚡Financial secrecy is not a binary category. #FSI2026 The new Real Estate Secrecy Index shows the biggest risks sit in major economies, not just small offshore jurisdictions, & also highlights “golden visa” schemes enabling opacity in wealth and property. Read more: tinyurl.com/bdcpaxxe 078
Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 23/06/2026The Financial Secrecy Index 2026 is out! And with it, we've put together a Real Estate Secrecy Index reflecting the key risks around dirty money coming into the property sector 050
Reposted by Alex CobhamAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21/06/2026The attacks in Edinburgh, in which an armed bare-chested white man terrorised Muslims, leaving five people injured, don't feature on a single newspaper front page this morning. Two tier journalism 19855742439
Reposted by Alex CobhamAshfaq Khalfan @ashfaqkhalfan.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Oil and gas profits are booming, and there is unprecedented attention to taxation on fossil fuel companies seen at the Santa Marta Conference on phasing out fossil fuels. There is a political path for new permanent higher taxes on fossil fuel companies. 021
Reposted by Alex CobhamLSE Review of Books @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social · 16/06/2026NEW: Tax is a powerful tool for improving our lives – a social superpower, even. But the world loses around half a trillion dollars every year through crossborder tax abuse. @alexcobham.bsky.social @taxjustice.net argues for stronger international tax frameworks ahead of his #LSEFestival event.blogs.lse.ac.ukStronger tax frameworks can make a fairer world - LSE Review of BooksAlex Cobham argues that fairer rules, progressive taxation and a new UN tax framework could ensure more accountability and better public services worldwide. 0138
Reposted by Alex CobhamAshfaq Khalfan @ashfaqkhalfan.bsky.social · 16/06/2026No naivety, though: powerful lobbies are mobilising against sustainability and economic justice, with serious resources. David is facing an intelligent Goliath, so we need more than a slingshot. Let's talk about the strategies needed: www.lse.ac.uk/events/lse-f... @gsos-lse.bsky.sociallse.ac.ukHow the right laws can save the planet | Enactment and Implementation1pm Wed 17 Jun | Alex Cobham, Siva Thambisetty, Tessa Khan | Free event at the LSE Festival: How to save the planet | Ticket required 011
Reposted by Alex CobhamAshfaq Khalfan @ashfaqkhalfan.bsky.social · 16/06/2026In despair about 'strongmen' rolling back environmental rules and economic justice? Don't be. Join me Wed 17 June, 1 pm BST online/in-person with people making law work: @tessakhan.bsky.social on oil & gas limits sivathambisetty.bsky.social on protecting nature @alexcobham.bsky.social on global tax 111
Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Wow. Even after we'd exposed the 'data' behind the ridiculous media coverage of a millionaire exodus, we didn't think the golden visa people would give up on it. But they have! 054
Reposted by Alex CobhamTax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 16/06/2026HUGE U-TURN: The report behind global news stories on a millionaire exodus has confirmed millionaire migration is “modest” & announced it will no longer be publishing migrations estimates that "data does not yet support”, after tax campaigners debunked its methodology. taxjustice.net/press/millio...taxjustice.netMillionaire exodus study drops author and numbers after fake data accusations - Tax Justice NetworkThe widely covered study confirms migration was “modest” and drops estimates that “data does not yet support”. 01111
Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Even the *Trump administration* understands that beneficial ownership transparency is key to effective policies in a swathe of areas. (They will keep dismantling their own defences all the same. But still) 031
Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 12/06/2026tbf: www.dubaistandard.com/uae-authorit... "Only 336 legal entities were found without beneficial ownership information, down from 4,038 in 2024. Risk-based inspections rose by 54.2%, from 155,000 to 239,000, while inquiries related to beneficial ownership increased by 43.3% to 3,300..."dubaistandard.comUAE authorities seized Dh4.23 billion in assets during a 2025 anti-money laundering crackdown. - https://www.dubaistandard.comNew legal reforms and strengthened oversight measures have enhanced the UAE’s defences against financial crime. Abu Dhabi: The National Committee for Combating Money Laundering and Countering the Fina... 000
Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Just a couple of hundred million in tax that was riding on whether Bolt could pay VAT on its profit rather than its sales (?!). The precedent for Uber could involve real money though... 010
Reposted by Alex CobhamZorka Milin @zorkamilin.bsky.social · 11/06/2026"We must sync our tax code with our trade policy, putting an end to provisions that not only fail to deter offshoring, but actively incentivize it." ✊ @aflcio.org aflcio.org/resolutions/...aflcio.orgResolution 7: We Want Good Jobs Today and Tomorrow | AFL-CIOThe economy should work for people, not the other way around. An economy that works for people is one that, at a minimum, produces good jobs, not precarious work. A good job is one in which you can no... 032
Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Rumour has it O'Leary is quietly keen on old Karl. Something about profiting from the seeds of destruction while accelerating the inevitable... 010
Reposted by Alex CobhamColin Danby @cdanby.bsky.social · 11/06/2026"The bourgeoisie has torn away from the family its sentimental veil, and has reduced the family relation to a mere money relation." 111
Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Today's offering, in "which stage of capitalism is this?" www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comRyanair investigated over charging parents to sit with their childrenUK competition watchdog investigates whether charge of about £8 is an unfair contract term under consumer law 241
Reposted by Alex CobhamTax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 10/06/2026⚡What if poverty isn’t an accident, but a result of how our economies are designed? 400+ experts, governments & UN agencies co-created a roadmap showing that ending poverty needs more than just economic growth. 👉 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @doughnuteconomics.bsky.socialtheguardian.comWe economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way | Olivier De Schutter and othersOur roadmap has been shaped by experts across the world. We call on political leaders at all levels to use it, says Olivier De Schutter and others 02113
Reposted by Alex CobhamElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 05/06/2026At 4am, Senate Republicans gave the greenlight for the IRS to drop ALL investigations into Trump and his family. That means if Trump is evading taxes, we’ll never know. I have a bill to make this illegal. And I won’t stop fighting to get it done. 34666681833
Reposted by Alex CobhamCorporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 05/06/2026🚨 The European People’s Party (EPP) has once again joined forces with far right MEPs, voting through proposals to weaken #tobacco taxation measures 🚨 "The only winners today are the tobacco barons, and now we know who works for them in this House" A shocking assault on public health and democracy! 12118
Reposted by Alex CobhamJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Brazilian BlueSky up in arms: "Trump will impose a 25% tax on Brazil if the country doesn't end PIX." PIX is a very widely used instant money transfer and payment system organised by the Central Bank, without fees, thereby cutting out the banks. US banking interests are appalled. Here we go again. 714059
Reposted by Alex CobhamJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Wonderfully meta. Anti-immigration economist and ideologue George Borjas wrote a paper claiming immigration policy researchers (vast majority of whom, unlike him, are broadly positive about immigration) allowed their results to be driven by "ideology". Turns out it was a coding "error"... 516948
Reposted by Alex CobhamMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 01/06/2026Remember that recent paper claiming to show that "ideological bias" determined the results obtained by immigration policy research teams? A careful, open-code reanalysis by @kauspurg.bsky.social & Josef Brüderl finds that the result arises from a coding error. —> doi.org/10.31222/osf... 1310107
Reposted by Alex CobhamTax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 01/06/2026How long would you need to work to earn as much as Elon Musk owns? Not your whole life. Not hundreds of lifetimes. More than 12 million years. @aoc.bsky.social's right. It's impossible to earn a billion. Our CEO @alexcobham.bsky.social explains in @commondreams.org : bit.ly/4u2x77jbit.lyBillionaires' Tax Filings Agree With AOC. They Don't "Earn" Their Billions. | Common DreamsElon Musk would need to work 58 times longer than the age of the universe to "earn" his wealth. 01514
Reposted by Alex Cobhambylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Brilliant analysis of how private equity turned capitalism on its head - and ripped off the taxpayer! @hettieobrien.bsky.social @naomifowler.bsky.social @alexcobham.bsky.social @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/4SiO... 📺 youtu.be/RPiwx58XZaI?...open.spotify.comThe Finance Curse: How Private Equity Upended CapitalismSpotify video 032
Reposted by Alex CobhamJohn Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 28/05/2026So use the state to provide insurance, by way of (progressive inheritance) tax on everyone: this means everyone covers the risk. 1232