Capitulation: the UK government's relationship with the City of London. By John Christensen [HD]
Channel: Rhetoric Routes
Date: 2012-09-25

The current crisis exposes weaknesses in a development strategy that puts financial services at the heart of Britain's political economy. But the City of London depends heavily on its role as a major tax  haven in its own right. 
John Christensen, Director and International Coordinator of the Tax Justice Network, explains how the UK has led the world in de-regulating financial services, in promoting tax havens, and in resisting moves to strengthen international cooperation. Having become the victim of its own follies, the UK urgently needs a new development strategy, but how can any government - progressive or otherwise - resist the strongest political lobby in the world?

Friends of Le Monde Diplomatique Café Diplo, London, Monday November 9th 2009

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John Christensen, combattant infiltré dans les paradis fiscaux: http://www.liberation.fr/economie/0101555070-john-christensen-combattant-infiltre-dans-les-paradis-fiscaux