17/06/20

An Archipelago of Contrasts: Blacklists, Caribbean Autonomy and the New Tax Colonialism

Blacklists generally, and European blacklists in particular, are effectively discouraging the only successful development strategy in the Caribbean. We label this effort to forcibly impose European policies the ‘New Tax Colonialism’. Many of the same European powers who once colonised the Caribbean and forced its societies into sugar plantation economies now seek to fiscally recolonise it, crippling the most effective way to achieve economic prosperity in the region.

The Political Economy Of Tax W…