The Economics of Ignorance is widespread. It is what is fuelling wholly politically motivated demand for cuts in our economy. The economics of ignorance is
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Sometimes the tax profession gets things right. This has just posspoed into my inbox from the Low Income Tax Reform Group — sponsored by the
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That’s the German one, by the way.  But as the Guardian report makes clear, the big issue is the rising unpopularity and perceived unfairness of
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As the First Post Daily says: Why has Clegg, who espoused the eminently sensible Blanchflower line during the election campaign, morphed into a public spending
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As Dow Jones reports via the Wall Street Journal: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowered its ratings on Andorra, citing the high and rising level
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Martin A. Sullivan of Tax Analysts has another of his astonishing reports out entitled Oil Drillers Gain Billions From ‘Immoral’ Tax Break. It says: There
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Members of the Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development and other signatories identified three key points for the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
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The Office for Budget Responsibility’s first report continues to provide amusement at the breadth of its gall. Take this on the VAT gap: The judgement
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More from Krugman: In short: the demand for immediate austerity is based on the assertion that markets will demand such austerity in the future, even
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