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17 ways to frame the finance curse

The Finance Curse is a concept first developed by Nicholas Shaxson and John Christensen at the Tax Justice Network.

It is a relatively simple idea — and also an original and powerful multi-level critique of the modern global economy.

This post explains 17 different ways to understand or frame or conceptualise the core concept.

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