Gates unmasks the real face of Davos | Red Pepper:
"Amongst other reasons, a big factor is tax avoidance, enabled by the financial liberalisation regime put into place over 30 years by the likes of those who attend Davos. According to the Financial Times: ‘some 94 per cent of Microsoft’s $81bn is now outside the US.’
So Gates doesn’t want a higher minimum wage denting the amount of wealth his company is able to avoid taxes on. "
Consumer Boycotts Can Inflict More Pain on Israel-Backing Companies than
Divestiture
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A look at some of the courses of action to impose costs on Israel and its
backers, here, economic costs.
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