Geoffrey sacx: Pope francis was very strong n very clear. We need to move, and we need to move now. But i also wonder o win, i interviewed archbishop justin wellby this week about that meeting in the vatican. And he didn't dismiss it entirely but when i putit to him that the church could do so much more in terms of divesting the amount of money that they have in fossil fuel companies,. he said it was better to still stay in with those companies.
The recent publication of The Pandora Papers, a trove of 12 million financial documents obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, has once again shone a spotlight on secret offshore accounts and tax loopholes. The papers contain the financial dealings and global influence of billionaires, world leaders and politicians, plus many more. They also highlight how ineffective governments can be in preventing manipulation of tax rules for the gains of the super rich. In order to understand how this imbalance occurs and how it fits into the global financial picture, journalist Razia Iqbal spoke with Jeffrey Sachs, one of the world's most foremost economists, to pick through the paper trail.
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