Measuring the shadow economy
Last week, I wrote a post on the influence of mafia firms in Italy. But criminal activities are peanuts in comparison to the size of the shadow economy, i.e. the economic activities in a country that are not reported to tax authorities or other government agencies. These are the plumbers who work on a cash-only basis and never report the revenue to the …
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