OECD, 'rich nations' club' turns into 'do-tank'

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, derided as a "rich nations' club" that vegetated in its Parisian chateau for decades, has redefined itself as the go-to resource for economic analysis. "When I started my career (at the French finance ministry) in 1996, they sent me to visit the OECD. Today he heads one of the body's biggest units, the crime-busting Centre for Tax Policy and Administration.