Op-Ed Columnist – Till Debt Does Its Part – NYTimes.com. Krugman says: The only real reason for concern [about debt] is political. The United States
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The Isle of Man must really tell the truth
Steve Rodan, the Speaker of the Tynwald, the Isle of Man’s parliament has reacted angrily to Lord Wallace’s suggestion that the Isle of Man be
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Why does the OECD say 82 = 223?
The OECD has issued an updated grey and white list of compliant and non-compliant states: The ‘international standard’ is, of course, just twelve of the
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Tax competition is criminal
I wrote yesterday about an Op-ed in the Wall Street Journal that supported Swiss bank secrecy and encouraged tax competition. In my critique I said:
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Cut price councils actually mean the poor pay
Tory controlled borough of Barnet adopts budget airline model | Politics | The Guardian . A leading Conservative council is using the business model of
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Three down, three to go in the Pacific
ABC Radio Australia News:Stories:Pacific tax havens at risk: report. The international campaign against tax havens has driven three Pacific Island nations’ off-shore finance centres out
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Nevada and California are at war
Nevada’s senseless war on California — latimes.com. In case you haven’t heard, California and Nevada are at war. Not an old-fashioned war with bullets and
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City reaction to Turner
Lord Turner made appropriate comments about the City on Wednesday, blogged here. And of course the City reacted: But Lord Turner’s backers were drowned out
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The pension plunderers
The pension plunderers | Prem Sikka | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk . Prem Sikka writes: Governments can and should provide decent state pension through
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