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Increasing tax on the elderly – the Mirrlees way

Posted on November 10 2010

The Mirrlees review is proposing a merger of the incomex and National Insurance systems.It is a common proposal from right-wing sources. But was there a
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The Mirrlees quote of the day

Posted on November 10 2010

I haven’t finished writing about Mirrlees  yet. But perhaps the most notable comment of the day came up during a question-and-answer session when one of
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It’s not only Jersey that’s lacking a Plan B

Posted on November 10 2010

As some readers will know, I have written a document that I call Plan B for Jersey. They have, of course, rejected it, preferring their
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The Fed has a duty to foster maximum employment

Posted on November 10 2010

Interesting that Martin Wolf notes today: The Fed, added the chairman, has a dual mandate, to foster maximum employment and price stability. Doing nothing would
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Whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad.

Posted on November 10 2010

From Martin Wolf in the FT today: Yes, it may be reasonable to call for a reconsideration of the global monetary system, as Robert Zoellick,
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Mirrlees – a redeeming feature

Posted on November 10 2010

I have found a redeeming feature in the Mirrlees recommendations. They suggest the abolition of stamp duty on sales of domestic housing and the abolition
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Mirrlees and savings – making inherently unjust proposals

Posted on November 10 2010

The Mirrlees report assumes that savings equal deferred consumption. As such their whole approach to the tax of savings assumes that this is simply an
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Mirrlees – and consumption taxes

Posted on November 10 2010

The Mirrlees review has a number of assumptions on consumption taxes. The most important, it says, is that such taxes should only be charged on
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Mirrlees thinks that inequality mainly results from different opportunities to work

Posted on November 10 2010

Amazingly, the opening presentation on the Mirrlees review this morning suggested that the fundamental cause of inequality in the UK is different opportunities for access
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