

Van Eyck’s “Just Judges”:
Ghent’s Great Unsolved Art Theft
The theft of the “Just Judges” panel of the Ghent Altarpiece is still unsolved. In the first of a series of essays, the story begins.
The theft of the “Just Judges” panel of the Ghent Altarpiece is still unsolved. In the first of a series of essays, the story begins.
Once countries with costly governments have created a Berlin Wall around their high-tax jurisdictions, they will be free to collude on other taxes beyond the corporate income tax. Personal income taxes, wealth taxes, death taxes… there is no end to the imagination of a government that does not have to worry about tax competition.
Figures from a government report have shown that foreign nationals were responsible for 92% of thefts and nearly two-thirds of all sexual assaults carried out on the Paris regional public transportation system in 2020.