Please Support the RBI on this #GivingTuesday When donating, be sure to select “Ralph Bunche Institute” from the Designation drop down. Dear Member of the
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Katharina Pistor, Edwin B. Parker Professor of Comparative Law at Columbia Law School, talks to RBI director John Torpey about the Pandora Papers, what they reveal about international tax evasion, and how much tax reform we can expect in the foreseeable future.