Paradise Papers

This is a piece about the Paradise Papers in yesterday's Guardian by Philip Goff, who is associate professor in philosophy at the Central European University in Budapest.

The rallying cry for Brexit was to “take back control”. In fact, it is not the EU that is sapping our self-determination, but the wealthy individuals and transnational corporations that hold countries to ransom through the mechanism of tax competition.

Bono has good intentions. But what he can’t see is that our current economic system is not working either for the developing world or for ordinary people in the developed world. If we want to help the developing world, we need to oppose that system – not encourage it.

Last evening I was in a flat in Rathgar. Minuscule in size, a dump. The monthly rent is €1,200, with  the majority of that money coming from State funds.

Wonder is the landowner's name mentioned in the Paradise Papers? In which case he/she is defrauding the State on the double.