Posted: Apr 14, 2012 3:17 am
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2 ... s?page=0,0
Interesting that Greece lost over $30 billion in tax evasions, the shadow economy being over than a quarter of the size of GDP. But hey it's the fault of the lazy average Greeks right?
Read the whole thing. Here's a summary, with money lost due to tax evasion and size of shadow economy as percentage of GDP.
America $337,349,000,000 8.6%
Italy $238,723,000,000 27%
Russia $221,023,000,000 43.8%
Greece $30,791,000,000 27.5%
Ireland $9,922,000,000 15.8%
Bolivia $3,727,000,000 66.1%
Interesting that Greece lost over $30 billion in tax evasions, the shadow economy being over than a quarter of the size of GDP. But hey it's the fault of the lazy average Greeks right?
Read the whole thing. Here's a summary, with money lost due to tax evasion and size of shadow economy as percentage of GDP.
America $337,349,000,000 8.6%
Italy $238,723,000,000 27%
Russia $221,023,000,000 43.8%
Greece $30,791,000,000 27.5%
Ireland $9,922,000,000 15.8%
Bolivia $3,727,000,000 66.1%