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Tax avoidance -- that is, legally reducing your tax bill -- is as American as apple pie. But the line between tax avoidance and tax evasion is often a grey one.
On today’s show, a collaboration with Tax Notes (https://www.taxnotes.com/featured-news/crackdown-malta-pension-plans-may-be-quietly-ending/2026/02/09/7tyml) , we listen in on the secret tapes that show how the wealthiest Americans avoid taxes.
We trace the lifecycle of a tax loophole: how it was born (in Malta), how it grew, how the Feds cracked down, and how the industry came to its rescue -- with the help of one high-ranking Trump administration official.
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The Indicator hosts Adrian Ma and Wailin Wong discuss their favorite econ and business movies.
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Is Saudi Arabia no longer a golf state? The Saudi sovereign wealth fund poured billions into culture and sports in the last decade, none more high profile than LIV Golf, a rival to the PGA. So why is it reversing course now?
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