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It's completely logical: the Russian and Chinese ruling classes want to hide their ill-gotten money from taxes, from journalists, and from being arbitrarily sei
by tetromino_ 5y ago
It's completely logical: the Russian and Chinese ruling classes want to hide their ill-gotten money from taxes, from journalists, and from being arbitrarily seized by greedy officials and well-connected rivals. Thus, they move money from the somewhat transparent Russian and Chinese institutions to the safety of more murky Western economies.
- justshowpost 5y agoRecognizing "classes" in society is so XIX century, we should move away from that. Re: the original concern - that website's methodology is very vague and intermixes a number of very distinct criteria. That's why their overall result looks bogus and they even have a page to yell at the critics preventively [1]. [1] https://fsi.taxjustice.net/en/introduction/method-and-concepts https://fsi.taxjustice.net/en/introduction/method-and-concep...