1. Threats to Financial Privacy and Tax Competition
- Author:
- Veronique de Rugy and Richard W. Rahn
- Publication Date:
- 10-2003
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- The Cato Institute
- Abstract:
- Global economic growth and personal freedom are under attack by governments and international organizations seeking to squelch financial privacy and tax competition. Privacy rights and international tax competition are beneficial constraints on the monopoly power of governments. But high-tax nations and organizations such as the European Union are pressing for international agreements to remove those limits on government power at the expense of prosperity and freedom.
- Topic:
- Economics, Government, and International Organization
- Political Geography:
- United States and Europe