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oapen-20.500.12657-621822024-03-27T14:14:47Z The Hypocritical Hegemon Hakelberg, Lukas Taxation, tax avoidance, evasion, hegemony, international taxation thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJK International business thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCL International economics In The Hypocritical Hegemon, Lukas Hakelberg takes a close look at how US domestic politics affects and determines the course of global tax policy. Through an examination of recent international efforts to crack down on offshore tax havens and the role the United States has played, Hakelberg uncovers how a seemingly innocuous technical addition to US law has had enormous impact around the world, particularly for individuals and corporations aiming to avoid and evade taxation. Through bullying and using its overwhelming political power, writes Hakelberg, the United States has imposed rules on the rest of the world while exempting domestic banks for the same reporting requirements. It can do so because no other government wields control over such huge financial and consumer markets. This power imbalance is at the heart of The Hypocritical Hegemon. Thanks to generous funding from COFFERS EU, the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access volumes from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-open) and other repositories. 2023-03-29T15:51:56Z 2023-03-29T15:51:56Z 2020 book ONIX_20230329_9781501748035_163 9781501748035 9781501748028 9781501748011 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62182 eng Cornell Studies in Money application/pdf application/epub+zip Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781501748035.pdf 9781501748028.epub http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501748011/the-hypocritical-hegemon Cornell University Press Cornell University Press 10.7298/hpy3-6t90 10.7298/hpy3-6t90 06a447d4-1d09-460f-8b1d-3b4b09d64407 92453169-da05-44a2-a27b-a3f99d51e048 9781501748035 9781501748028 9781501748011 Cornell University Press 210 Ithaca [...] open access
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In The Hypocritical Hegemon, Lukas Hakelberg takes a close look at how US domestic politics affects and determines the course of global tax policy. Through an examination of recent international efforts to crack down on offshore tax havens and the role the United States has played, Hakelberg uncovers how a seemingly innocuous technical addition to US law has had enormous impact around the world, particularly for individuals and corporations aiming to avoid and evade taxation. Through bullying and using its overwhelming political power, writes Hakelberg, the United States has imposed rules on the rest of the world while exempting domestic banks for the same reporting requirements. It can do so because no other government wields control over such huge financial and consumer markets. This power imbalance is at the heart of The Hypocritical Hegemon. Thanks to generous funding from COFFERS EU, the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access volumes from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-open) and other repositories.
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