Tax evasion, and, more broadly, tax avoidance, is not inevitable, says Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. It is the result of policy choices – or the failure to make policy choices that act to stop it.
So many people struggle to make ends meet yet pay the taxes their governments ask of them. We need to make sure those at the top of the income ladder who certainly have the financial means don’t wriggle out of them.