Enough with the .'' we lost two world wars'' language. speak 'murican
The only real solution I can see is agreement among major governments not to allow themselves to be divided by corporations which often have greater income than many smaller countries and can get what they want most of the time. These companies make a lot of money from the markets of the major economies and are vulnerable to sanctions, boycotts etc. I don't think Argentina could or should join the race to the bottom in terms of immoral behaviours re tax, no. But any tax on the wealthy it imposes is met by a chorus of conservative disapproval as wrecking its competitive position. The real challenge as I understand it for the next 30 years is to growing ecological capitalism that has a moral obligation to preserve rather than destroy the natural world and our future with it. That needs agreement.
Enough with the .'' we lost two world wars'' language. speak 'murican
You said you wanted an alternative to scepticism-passivity of the kind that has been denying climate change for many years and you 'got it', so I will try and elucidate: corporations and governments can be remarkably susceptible to the power of public and consumer opinion, hence the sacking of Boeing CEO over gross negligence/corporate misbehaviour, and the humiliation of Australian PM over holidaying while his government was faced with worst bush fires in living memory, having nay-nayed climate change. Even China is responding to everything from Hong Kong protests to criticism of its use of indentured labour. So far from wishing the governments of world have been waking up to the need for regulations of different kinds. As to Argentina: you may have noticed that the Macri years have indeed pulled the country's pants down and left it vulnerable to IMF interference with the heaviest debt burden of any developed country. The new government and even the much-maligned C-FK is trying to devise tax policies and incentives to cover its ass. You may even approve of them as a practical rather than wishful measure for Xmas. Happy days.What you're wanting is a wish list from Santa. (At least you picked the right time of the year for it.) It's not a realistic definitive solution, especially among multiple countries.
And it sounds like you're saying Argentina is insignificant, the rich are too powerful, and the poor can only take it up the...
The new government and even the much-maligned C-FK is trying to devise tax policies and incentives to cover its ass. You may even approve of them as a practical rather than wishful measure for Xmas. Happy days.
Yes an elected government has the power to tax. Yes government tax revenues generally go up with increased taxes despite increased evasion. If evasion was not possible would that make the tax justified? No government in the world ever has absolute power.You think a government has the power to tax whatever it wants and that by introducing draconian tax measures it will get more tax revenues, not less? All it is doing is making tax evasion more acceptable. Luckily we do not live in a world where governments have absolute power.