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		arethuza on March 4, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft owes Denmark $1B in taxes Might be an idea for the UK to close down all of the offshore tax havens we control first before asking others to do the same....

eurleif on March 4, 2013 [–]

Seems like it might be kind of a prisoner's dilemma situation: the best outcome is if everyone shuts down their tax havens, but you're individually worse off if you shut down yours and the other players don't, so no one wants to do it.

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