I think it’s worth reiterating something I blogged yesterday because it is so significant. As the Guardian reports: A scathing report by regulator says top financial
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Governments throughout Europe continue to give tax handouts to bankers and big business while cutting back on public services for old people, sick people, children
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The FT has reported: Nick Clegg wants to give every British voter shares in the state-owned banks as the deputy prime minister looks to revive
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Global Witness is a partner of Tax Research LLP in the Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development. Global Witness has done stunning work
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The next banking crisis is not being deferred as George Osborne hoped. It’s very clear that sometime sooner or later Greece is going to default. The hope
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I’m travelling back from speaking at the Worcester Literary Festival. It was a long way to go and the audience was somewhat smaller than the thousand or
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I watched some of Evan Davis’ programme on BBC2 last night and yelled almost constantly at the crass stupidity of his understanding of economics. His
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The Isle of Man Today web site has noted: THERE will be a public announcement if any changes of substance are to be made to
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The Scottish Campaign for Fiscal Responsibility is a new organisation, launched this month. It says of itself that it: is an independent, non-party political coalition As far as
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