The United Nations, tax and human rights

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Maria Ron Balsera of the Center for Economic and Social Rights talks to Critical Takes about:

· How a UN tax convention is being negotiated;

· The concept of a rights-based economy (from 08:08);

· The dangers of financialisation and “derisking” (from 12:08);

· What can we realistically expect from the UN? (from 14:08)

 

 

The music on this recording is from Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 15 (K. 533), played by Jonathan Biss and downloaded from musopen.org under a Creative Commons licence.