Linus Zechlin
@linusze.bsky.social
PhD candidate at University College Dublin - Political Economist working on Corporate Tax Avoidance, Wealth Inequality and Complex Systems Science
From Creative Destruction to Winner Takes All – A Commentary on the Nobel Prize and the Role of the State in Innovation
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From Creative Destruction to Winner Takes All – A Commentary on the Nobel Prize and the Role of the State in Innovation
Earlier this week, Philippe Aghion, together with Joel Mokyr and Peter Howitt, was awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. In their research, the laureat…
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October 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
From Creative Destruction to Winner Takes All – A Commentary on the Nobel Prize and the Role of the State in Innovation
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Why taxing corporate profits isn’t just about revenue — it’s about counter-power. Think of it as antitrust by other means: clipping the wings of monopolies before their rents harden into dynastic wealth and political dominance.
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Tax as Antitrust: Why Corporate Profit Taxation Is the Real Wealth Tax
Debates about inequality often revolve around wealth taxes. The argument runs that if the top 1% hoard an ever-larger share of global wealth, then the way to fund a social state is to skim a portio…
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September 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Why taxing corporate profits isn’t just about revenue — it’s about counter-power. Think of it as antitrust by other means: clipping the wings of monopolies before their rents harden into dynastic wealth and political dominance.
democracychallenged.com/2025/09/22/t...
democracychallenged.com/2025/09/22/t...
New working paper out:
Exploring non-linearity in the relationship between economic complexity and financial development
Exploring non-linearity in the relationship between economic complexity and financial development
📢 NEW Working Paper
Author: Linus Zechlin
Economic complexity and financial development – A multilayered analysis of the European Union.
Find the paper in our website: www.ipe-berlin.org/veroeffentli...
Author: Linus Zechlin
Economic complexity and financial development – A multilayered analysis of the European Union.
Find the paper in our website: www.ipe-berlin.org/veroeffentli...
August 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
New working paper out:
Exploring non-linearity in the relationship between economic complexity and financial development
Exploring non-linearity in the relationship between economic complexity and financial development
Reposted by Linus Zechlin
The G7’s Corporate Tax Escape Hatch: Fuelling Inequality and Killing Trust in Democracy
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The G7’s Corporate Tax Escape Hatch: Fuelling Inequality and Killing Trust in Democracy
In June 2025 the G7 quietly unraveled one of the boldest tax reforms ever attempted. The OECD global minimum tax was designed to curb profit shifting. A single clause now exempts United States mult…
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July 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The G7’s Corporate Tax Escape Hatch: Fuelling Inequality and Killing Trust in Democracy
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Very excited to kick of my passion project. Together with Sofia Quaglia and Moritz Marpe, I have founded the complexity working group CHAOS, based at Aletheia Research.
More information:
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More information:
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May 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Very excited to kick of my passion project. Together with Sofia Quaglia and Moritz Marpe, I have founded the complexity working group CHAOS, based at Aletheia Research.
More information:
sites.google.com/view/linusze...
More information:
sites.google.com/view/linusze...
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We’ve written a lot about intangible assets in our case studies. Time to step back and ask: what makes intangibles special - and how are they reshaping modern capitalism?
A Primer on Intangible Capital - What’s There to Know?
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A Primer on Intangible Capital - What’s There to Know?
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A Primer on Intangible Capital – What’s There to Know?
with Aidan Regan In recent weeks, we’ve repeatedly discussed intangible assets and their role in the complex tax strategies of multijurisdictional corporate groups (MJGs). Intangibles were central …
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May 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
We’ve written a lot about intangible assets in our case studies. Time to step back and ask: what makes intangibles special - and how are they reshaping modern capitalism?
A Primer on Intangible Capital - What’s There to Know?
@linusze.bsky.social
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A Primer on Intangible Capital - What’s There to Know?
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Germany is facing its deepest economic and democratic crisis in decades. Real wages are down, the far right is rising—and the new government has no plan that speaks to the scale of the challenge. A thread 🧵
May 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Germany is facing its deepest economic and democratic crisis in decades. Real wages are down, the far right is rising—and the new government has no plan that speaks to the scale of the challenge. A thread 🧵
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From Brave New World to #Apple vs. #Brussels: How Media Fragmentation Shapes Our Reality
New blog post by Oscar Barrera-Rodríguez, Lakshmi Menon and @aidanregan.bsky.social. They unpack the reactions sparked by last year’s landmark #tax ruling.
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New blog post by Oscar Barrera-Rodríguez, Lakshmi Menon and @aidanregan.bsky.social. They unpack the reactions sparked by last year’s landmark #tax ruling.
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From Brave New World to Apple vs. Brussels: How Media Fragmentation Shapes Our Reality
with Lakshmi Menon and Aidan Regan What happens when one tax ruling sparks six national narratives? From Orwell’s censorship to Huxley’s information overload, Apple’s €13B showdow…
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May 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
From Brave New World to #Apple vs. #Brussels: How Media Fragmentation Shapes Our Reality
New blog post by Oscar Barrera-Rodríguez, Lakshmi Menon and @aidanregan.bsky.social. They unpack the reactions sparked by last year’s landmark #tax ruling.
democracychallenged.com/2025/05/13/f...
New blog post by Oscar Barrera-Rodríguez, Lakshmi Menon and @aidanregan.bsky.social. They unpack the reactions sparked by last year’s landmark #tax ruling.
democracychallenged.com/2025/05/13/f...
Recommended read by my colleague Oscar Barrera-Rodríguez, alumni of @pse.bsky.social.
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May 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Recommended read by my colleague Oscar Barrera-Rodríguez, alumni of @pse.bsky.social.
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Check out this in-depth investigation @aidanregan.bsky.social, Lakshmi Menon and I did with the @businesspost.bsky.social. We identify the crucial role of intangible capital in Ireland's tax games and the opaque structured of especially pharma and tech firms.
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Exclusive: Ireland’s $967 billion ‘Tax Mirage’ revealed
Business Post Special Investigation finds just 80 firms account for 90 per cent of IP held here in sophisticated tax avoidance scheme
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May 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Check out this in-depth investigation @aidanregan.bsky.social, Lakshmi Menon and I did with the @businesspost.bsky.social. We identify the crucial role of intangible capital in Ireland's tax games and the opaque structured of especially pharma and tech firms.
www.businesspost.ie/news/ireland...
www.businesspost.ie/news/ireland...
Rewatch the panel discussion event we organised with the @taxobservatory.bsky.social on #profitshifting and #taxavoidance in Ireland and the EU.
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Panel discussion: Profit-Shifting in Ireland and Europe: Where Do We Stand?
YouTube video by EU Tax Observatory
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April 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Rewatch the panel discussion event we organised with the @taxobservatory.bsky.social on #profitshifting and #taxavoidance in Ireland and the EU.
youtu.be/rRHFo0j4DsQ?...
youtu.be/rRHFo0j4DsQ?...
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We’re happy to welcome Linus Zechlin as a new IPE Associate Member! A PhD student at UCD and part of the ERC project Democracy Challenged, he researches tax avoidance, corporate power, and inequality.
More: www.ipe-berlin.org/en/institute...
More: www.ipe-berlin.org/en/institute...
Linus Zechlin | HWR Berlin
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April 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
We’re happy to welcome Linus Zechlin as a new IPE Associate Member! A PhD student at UCD and part of the ERC project Democracy Challenged, he researches tax avoidance, corporate power, and inequality.
More: www.ipe-berlin.org/en/institute...
More: www.ipe-berlin.org/en/institute...
Great event we did last week together with the EUTO.
That’s a wrap on today’s event on Profit-Shifting in Ireland 🇮🇪 & Europe 🇪🇺
Important & timely conversation on the future of corporate taxation, especially amid pushback on the implementation of the Global Minimum Tax on corporations.
Missed it? Replay coming soon on YouTube 🎥
Important & timely conversation on the future of corporate taxation, especially amid pushback on the implementation of the Global Minimum Tax on corporations.
Missed it? Replay coming soon on YouTube 🎥
March 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Great event we did last week together with the EUTO.
The Double-Edged Sword of American Multinationals and the EU’s trade war dilemma democracychallenged.com/2025/03/24/t...
The Double-Edged Sword of American Multinationals and the EU’s trade war dilemma
Donald Trump’s brute reclaim of power, his record streak of executive orders, and Elon Musk’s illegitimate involvement in government were quickly followed by critics pointing out the immense …
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March 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The Double-Edged Sword of American Multinationals and the EU’s trade war dilemma democracychallenged.com/2025/03/24/t...
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#Tesla's profits yield minimal US taxes via loopholes and offshore tactics. This funds ideological projects and far-right alliances in Europe.
New blog post:
#Musk’s War Chest: Tesla’s Tax Strategy and the Weaponisation of #Wealth democracychallenged.com/2025/02/28/m...
New blog post:
#Musk’s War Chest: Tesla’s Tax Strategy and the Weaponisation of #Wealth democracychallenged.com/2025/02/28/m...
Musk’s War Chest: Tesla’s Tax Strategy and the Weaponisation of Wealth
By Rafael Quintero Godinez and Aidan Regan The Tax Games That Power Tesla and Musk’s Political Influence At the intersection of tax law and political economy lies a deeply entrenched orthodoxy that…
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March 3, 2025 at 9:25 AM
#Tesla's profits yield minimal US taxes via loopholes and offshore tactics. This funds ideological projects and far-right alliances in Europe.
New blog post:
#Musk’s War Chest: Tesla’s Tax Strategy and the Weaponisation of #Wealth democracychallenged.com/2025/02/28/m...
New blog post:
#Musk’s War Chest: Tesla’s Tax Strategy and the Weaponisation of #Wealth democracychallenged.com/2025/02/28/m...
Thank you @openuniversity.bsky.social for inviting me to present a publication that came out of my Master's last year.
February 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Thank you @openuniversity.bsky.social for inviting me to present a publication that came out of my Master's last year.
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The Democratic Cost of Pfizer’s Financial Secrecy in Ireland - and Trump's Tariff's War. democracychallenged.com/2025/02/14/t...
#tradewar #ireland #usa #democracy
#tradewar #ireland #usa #democracy
The Democratic Cost of Pfizer’s Financial Secrecy in Ireland – and Trump’s Tariff’s War.
Pfizer is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, with a significant presence in Ireland. However, a forensic accounting analysis of Pfizer’s Irish subsidiaries raises serious con…
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February 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The Democratic Cost of Pfizer’s Financial Secrecy in Ireland - and Trump's Tariff's War. democracychallenged.com/2025/02/14/t...
#tradewar #ireland #usa #democracy
#tradewar #ireland #usa #democracy
Democracy Challenged, the project under which I do my PhD, is now online.
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February 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Democracy Challenged, the project under which I do my PhD, is now online.
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