
Rebecca Riddell
@rebecca_riddell
Human rights + economic justice. Senior Policy Lead @OxfamAmerica. Prev: @HRW, @humanrightsnyu, @SRJudgesLawyers, @PhilipGAlston. She/her. Own views.
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Very good piece by Helen Dempster Charley Ward & Sam Huckstep showing how costly new remittances tax would be for poor countries. Dwarfs the financial hit from aid cuts for many countries.



Great đź§µ from The Tax Law Center at NYU Law's Chye-Ching Huang on the "unfixable" retaliatory tax measure passed through the House's reconciliation package, which would impose harsh tax increases on foreign businesses and individuals from nations that have implemented Pillar 2 or DSTs.



NEW: An Oxfam International report published Wednesday estimates that the richest 1% globally have seen their wealth surge by more than $33.9 trillion over the past decade. According to Oxfam, this increase would be enough to eliminate annual poverty "22 times over." commondreams.org/news/global-on…

"The world doesn’t need more billionaires - it needs governments with the courage to stand up for ordinary people, to invest in public services, and to create a system that benefits all." Oxfam's Amitabh Behar in Thomson Reuters Foundation today as #FFD4 kicks off👇 context.news/socioeconomic-…



📡LIVE NOW: Financing Development in an Era of Extreme Inequality panel with Club de Madrid Honored to be joined by Cameron Abadi, Aminata TOURE, Javiera Toro Cáceres, Daniela Gabor alexandra haas Carlos Alvarado Quesada


Carlos Alvarado Quesada Cameron Abadi Javiera Toro Cáceres The Billions to Trillions agenda from Addis in 2015 has not worked as the trillions have not yet materialized. My analysis is this is because private investors are requiring returns that are not possible with development outcomes. Daniela Gabor



Me voy de Sevilla muy emocionado por trabajar con un equipo comprometido, brillante y polĂticamente potente en Oxfam International. En tiempos en que el movimiento reaccionario promueve más injusticia y desigualdades, es momento de poner la justicia econĂłmica en el centro. #Ffd4


'This is the price of oligarchy: a society that is sicker, hungrier, and poorer.' OxfamAmerica's Abby Maxman on the billionaire tax handouts Trump will sign into law today. A 'historic act of cruelty' with 'deadly' consequences. oxfamamerica.org/press/press-re…