“Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous - to poetry. But also, it gives birth to the opposite: to the perverse, the illicit, the absurd.”
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Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College) & Diane M. Ring (Boston College), Leak-Driven Law, 65 UCLA L. Rev. 532 (2018):.
Shu-Yi Oei (Boston College) & Diane M. Ring (Boston College), Leak-Driven Law, 65 UCLA L. Rev. 532 (2018):.
Over the past decade, a number of well-publicized data leaks have revealed the secret offshore holdings of high-net-worth individuals and multinational taxpayers, leading to a sea change in cross-border tax enforcement. Spurred by leaked data, tax authorities have prosecuted offshore tax cheats, attempted to recoup lost revenues, enacted new laws, and signed international agreements that promote “sunshine” and exchange of financial information between countries.
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Philippine police arrest nearly 500 people involved in online fraud
Jim Chanos on Fraud: “Cryptocurrency Is a Security Speculation Game Masquerading as a Technological Breakthrough”
The legendary short seller Jim Chanos in a wide-ranging discussion of financial frauds, starting with cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin is the last thing he’d want to own in the event of a catastrophe.
From 1979 through 2007, inequality increased significantly. From 2007 through 2014, the figure stabilized.
↩︎ Bloomberg
From 1979 through 2007, inequality increased significantly. From 2007 through 2014, the figure stabilized.
↩︎ Bloomberg