Sarah Chayes

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Guest

Senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; author of The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afgahnistan after the Taliban and Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security; former foreign correspondent for National Public Radio, who then settled in Afghanistan to work on economic development projects there; former special advisor to General Stanley McChrystal and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan

Sarah Chayes on KCRW

The leak of 11.5 million documents from a Panamanian law firm has revealed a vast, deeply rooted infrastructure for hiding money and has caused embarrassment around the world.

Tax Avoidance: A Global Industry

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The betting favorites for this year's  Nobel Peace Prize  included German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Pope Francis, but the winner is even unfamiliar to many news junkies.

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The betting favorites for this year's Nobel Peace Prize included German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Pope Francis, but the winner is even unfamiliar to many news junkies.

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Many of the world's conflicts raging today seem to originate with religion.

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Many of the world's conflicts raging today seem to originate with religion.

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