1st Edition

International Taxation and Capitalism A Heterodox Economics Perspective

By Andrés Blanco Copyright 2025
204 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

204 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

204 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The book introduces a novel approach to international taxation through the lens of heterodox economic and social theories, in particular Marxism. The book argues that the radical reorganization of the international tax system that has been underway for the last few decades – initiated by the OECD, and furthered by the G20 and the European Union – is a response to changes in the global structure... Read more

1. Introduction

2. Epistemological and methodological basis

3. Theoretical framework

4. Taxation

5. Capitalism and space

6. Taxation and space: Hypotheses and theoretical discussion

7. Historical reconstruction of taxation and space

8. Taxation and space :Historical reconstruction (cont.)

9. Regulatory and statistical evidence

10. Special international taxation modalities: Transfer pricing, consumption taxes, Pillar I, and the global minimum tax

11. The superstructures of international taxation: State, legal, and ideological structures

12. International taxation, public debt, and public spending

13. Is another global taxation structure possible?

Index

Biography

Andrés Blanco holds a Law and Social Sciences degree from the Universidad de la República, Uruguay (UDELAR). He teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses at UDELAR’s School of Law and School of Economic Sciences and is full professor and chair of UDELAR’s Public Finance Institute. He has published several books (in Spanish), including El Impuesto al Valor Agregado, Tributos y precios públicos, and Estudios críticos sobre finanzas públicas, as well as articles in English and Spanish in peer-reviewed journals.