Tax Justice Network: Monopolies and Market Power

When dominant multinationals get to run the world, it’s not a happy place. Or a very secure one.

For a long time governments have failed to take the threat from monopolies and the corporate concentration of power seriously, and deal with it. But recent crises have demonstrated how the neoliberal era is crumbling around us and governments must take action. In this episode we look at the challenges and how to tackle this in the public interest.

And, in the US, Minnesota nearly took a historic step for tax justice this month that could have changed everything by bringing corporate profit shifting to heel. The lobbyists said it was the end of the world as we know it – and sadly, they won – for now. What was the big deal? And what are the possibilities for other states and other countries?

Featuring:

• Nick Dearden of Global Justice Now
• Alex Cobham of the Tax Justice Network
• Nick Shaxson, Balanced Economy Project
• Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, MEP and Competition lawyer
• Christopher Gopal of the Global Supply Chain Center, University of Southern California
• Produced and hosted by the Tax Justice Network’s Naomi Fowler