BBC News – How one woman can cause economic boom or bust. Sobering thoughts for those economists who think data is the be all and
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The evidence does not support the theory on corporation tax incidence
I’ve been having a courteous debate with Tom Worstall over the last week on the incidence of financial transaction taxes (yes I know it sounds
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This is nonsense – of course there’s a market for the debt to finance new trains
Intercity trains upgrade postponed | UK news | guardian.co.uk . It’s claimed that: A £7.5bn contract to replace Britain’s ageing intercity train fleet has been
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And the bankers still say ‘love us, or we’ll run away’
Letters: Despite the mistakes, we need bankers | Business | The Guardian . There’s been an amazing response to the letter of which I was
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No more free lunches
No more free lunches. My blog mentor, Dennis Howlett, is moving to a partly paid for approach to blogging. Much of his content will be
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Double-dip recession fears: we need the Green New Deal more than ever
FT.com / Currencies – Sterling hit by double-dip recession fears. As the FT notes: The pound dropped to a fresh nine-month low against the dollar
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MPs act to stop vulture funds
MPs act to stop vulture funds using UK courts to pursue poor nations | Business | guardian.co.uk . Vulture funds would be banned from pursuing
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Letters: We need wholesale reform of the banks
Letters: We need wholesale reform of the banks | Business | The Guardian . From this morning’s Guardian: As Jill Treanor reports (Anger escalates over
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Now tell me there’s no case for a financial transaction tax
FT.com / Companies / Banks – RBS pays more than 100 staff a £1m bonus. The FT notes: Royal Bank of Scotland admitted on Thursday
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