BBC News – Jersey GST could hit 12% by 2014 if spending continues. I have been commenting on the Goods and Services Tax (GST –
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Society ignores the oil crunch at its peril | Jeremy Leggett | Environment | guardian.co.uk . This time the warning [of an impending crisis] is
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Developing nations asked to join tax exchange | UK | Reuters . The UK government said on Tuesday it had asked developing nations to swap
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FT.com / UK – Watchdogs need not bark together. Joe Stiglitz in the FT says: Countries that proceed [to protect their own citizens with strong
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I have adopted a new comments policy for this blog. It is published here. It says: Jane Austen did famously write in the opening sentence
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FT.com / UK – Sants resignation leaves confusion at FSA. Hector Sants has resigned as chief executive of the Financial Services Authority, sowing confusion about
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    I’ll be blogging more on this later. Congratulations to those who have made this happen.

FT.com / Currencies – Greek rescue speculation helps euro bounce back. As the FT notes: Concerns over Greece’s fiscal position have weighed heavily on the
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My latest Forbes article is here. This is an extract from the following, fuller, version. ————————– The biggest intellectual challenge of our age is one
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