David Cameron thinks he is tackling tax avoidance, these 300 top economists disagree

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<p>‘The o goi g sca al of tax have s has o ce agai appeare i the hea li es, after h re s of lea i g eco omists got together to teach worl lea ers a lesso . Three h re a fifty-five professio als a aca emics from thirty six co tries, all either lea i g eco omists or social researchers, have se t a message to Davi Camero a all other hea s of state. P tti g their ames to a fra k ope letter, they clearly lay o t the reaso s why tax have s are a impairme t to the majority of the worl ’s people, a – they claim – ecessary.</p>
<p>The letter is of partic lar sig ifica ce as it ref tes the classic efe ce of eoliberal eco omics: that more wealth create a acc m late at ‘the top’ will be efit s all, beca se it grows the global eco omy a wealth ‘trickles ow ’ to the wi er pop latio . The am i g hea li e chose by most mai stream me ia o tlets from the seco li e of the ope letter makes a clear a bol stateme t:’</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theca ary.co/2016/05/09/ avi -camero -thi ks-tackli g-tax-avoi a ce-300-top-eco omists- isagree/" target="_bla k">Rea more: Davi Camero thi ks he is tackli g tax avoi a ce, these 300 top eco omists isagree</a></p>