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  • Is taxation illegal as it infringes your ownership?

    At the hearing of the parliamentary interrogation commission, investigating tax evasion,Toine Manders claimed at June 16th, that the government infringes people’s property rights by taxing. (Dutch only)

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  • Am I a citizen of the Union?

    This is one of the questions that people affected by an eventual State succession within an EU Member State need an answer to. (Phd thesis)

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  • Preliminary conclusion

    Football for sale: what is the problem, and what are the solutions? Read our previous reports (Spain, England, Germany and the Netherlands) to find out.

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  • The Netherlands report, corrupting football (part 5)

    Researched and written by Marije AriënsFor the clubs, accepting foreign investments means more possible room for improvement of the club and more successful transfers. However, it also means there will be less insight into where the money that finances these improvements comes from and through...

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  • England Report, corrupting football (part 3)

    Researched and written by Aurelie Wertz. Twenty-eight clubs in the English top four divisions are now substantially owned by overseas investors! Overall, we see a general culture of acceptance or perhaps that of wilful ignorance by the fans regarding the mysterious and multiple complex aspects of...

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  • Flawed strategies to reducing labor exploitations

    May 17th 2017 Phd defense by Mark Kawakami. The main question that this thesis addressed was what private actors - from the companies to the consumers and even the laborers themselves – can do differently than what they are currently doing to further reduce instances of labor exploitation taking...

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