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.
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.
华盛顿——在英国政府委托编写报告总结英国参与伊拉克战争教训七年后, 齐尔考特报告终于于本月面世了。但在人们对前首相托尼·布莱尔判断及流程出错导致英国和美国一道卷入伊拉克战争的狂热关注中,真正的教训却有可能被人们忽略掉。
许多批评者认为,伊拉克战争的失败证明西方干涉主义外交政策既徒劳又不道德。但我们不能根据上一次干涉行动的成败来评估干涉行动的效果。正是这样的逻辑导致比尔·克林顿政府1993年介入索马里失败后,未能于第二年采取行动制止发生在卢旺达的种族大屠杀,现在回想起来,制止那次种族大屠杀本来可以只要非常有限的行动。
说回到伊拉克战争,干涉行动杀害了数十万伊拉克人并摧毁了这个国家,同时也导致数千名英美士兵因此而丧生。伊拉克行动的悲剧性影响今天仍在继续,因为这次行动已经成为反对一切干涉活动的警示标。
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