Tackling monopoly power, boosting tax justice

Seán Ó Conlaín and Caroline Whyte speak with Nicholas Shaxson about his advocacy work on tackling the power of monopolies and on tax justice. Conversation topics included the relationship between Ireland’s corporate tax regime and its Foreign Direct Investment; the reasons why Nick has expanded his focus to include monopoly power as well as tax justice; the role of monopolies in the agribusiness, medical and IT sectors; how Ireland could play a stronger leadership role in ensuring EU data protection; the potential for breaking up IT monopolies in order to enable alternative social media to flourish; and problems with the EU’s ‘competitiveness’ agenda.