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As well as triggering heated debate about its merits as a means of mitigating the economic effects of COVID-19, the bill, presented by left-wing legislators, represents a key…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB253990
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The plan avoids new taxes on individuals, instead increasing the fiscal burden on firms. The proposed measures aim to generate COP15.2tn (USD3.9bn) in new revenue, which would be…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263071
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Although both the bill’s legislative future and the amount it would raise are uncertain, it reflects ever more explicit class polarisation and anger over inequalities.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256304
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Post-default politics in Puerto Rico.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB213057
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Update on Macron’s reform agenda.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB238409
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The proposals follow the ‘great national debate’, a two-month series of consultations online and in town halls across France, at which disillusioned voters conveyed their…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB243484
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Opposition Syriza's economic policy programme.
The previous week it tried to block a similar congressional initiative by sending it to the Constitutional Tribunal for review. Its own initiative aims to order the ranks of its…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261109
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The informal sector, accounting for some 25% of real output and nearly half the workforce, undermines development prospects. A high tax burden and macroeconomic instability push…
The contraction preceded the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. The large inherited fiscal deficit and rising debt-to-GDP ratio are forcing the new government to take unpopular…