http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20160426-094258 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/panama-lessons-less-privacy-more-tax-justice/ Panama Lessons: Less Privacy, More Tax Justice Reimer, Ekkehart eng 2016-04-25 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Right to Privacy tax base erosion tax evasion tax havens Tax Information Law Transparency Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Information is the new currency of international tax policy. Countries have successfully developed techniques and strategies to enhance the flow of tax-relevant information across borders. This shift requires adaptations with respect not just to human rights but to democracy: Lawyers should reconsider the traditional core of parliamentary power to tax. Democratic assent to the imposition of taxes needs to be informed consent. As long as lawmakers cannot assess the economic impact of existing and new tax rules in a global environment, lawmaking is a blind flight.