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Your comment reminded me of a thought I had not too long ago: what would stop a superpower like the United States from going around shaking down all the suppose
by tareqak 8y ago
Your comment reminded me of a thought I had not too long ago: what would stop a superpower like the United States from going around shaking down all the supposed tax havens? They wouldn't have to declare war outright, they could just impose a no-fly zone and put a navy cordon in international waters. In the cases of land-locked tax-havens in Europe, the superpower would need to negotiate with the tax havens of the bordering countries, so it's less feasible, but still possible.
Edit: This would be specifically for individuals hiding their wealth abroad and declaring a lower than actual income, and not for corporations that publish their balance sheets.
- fixermark 8y agoIt would disrupt the delicate framework of trust that the top level of global economics flows upon, and ultimately, the US economy is a trust-based animal. The more interesting scenario would be a smaller government trying to embarrass or blackmail the US by doing something similar with THEIR military, and that's the stuff of James Bond movies. ;)