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Alexander Etkind

Alexander Etkind

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Alexander Etkind, a former reader in Russian Literature and Cultural History at King’s College, Cambridge, is a professor of history at the European University Institute in Florence.

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    An Open Letter to Joe Biden on International Corporate Taxation

    José Antonio Ocampo, et al.

    For too long, international institutions have failed to address one of the most toxic aspects of globalization: tax avoidance and evasion by multinational corporations. Fair taxation of multinationals must be a central part of any tax system aimed at driving economic growth and creating high living standards for all. 

     urge the US president to support reforms intended to compel multinationals to pay their fair share.
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  7. op_andrews6_Heinrich Hoffmannullstein bild via Getty Images_hitler franco Heinrich Hoffmann/ullstein bild via Getty Images

    Low Dishonest Decades

    John Andrews

    Former US President Donald Trump is not Hitler, and America is not the Weimar Republic. But, as four excellent recent books about the interwar years show, false narratives and craven political choices can have dreadful consequences that may not emerge immediately.

     draws contemporary lessons from four recent books charting Europe's slide toward war in the 1920s and 1930s.
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