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The OECD says there are vast amounts offshore – and that can only be with the knowing assistance of the world’s big banks

18 June, 2013

The OECD issued a new report overnight for the G8. The subject is automatic information exchange – the theme of today’s G8 summit.

The G8: Capitalism needs to be improved, not abolished

James Bloodworth

17 June, 2013

In the lead up to the G8 summit in Belfast this week, two narratives have featured heavily in the media’s coverage of the organisational build up: the pre-summit wrangling over Syria and the anti-capitalist protesters who’ve been causing a ‘scene’ in various symbolically ‘neo-liberal’ locations.