As the Guardian reports this morning: The world’s second-largest beer company, SABMiller, is avoiding millions of pounds of tax in India and the African countries
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Good grief
Ireland’s fate is sealed. I’m not sure this video is 100% right on the detail, but it’s a lot closer than most mainstream commentary:
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Bad news for Africa – Barclays is coming
From the FT this morning: Barclays will place the booming African market firmly at the centre of its growth strategy over the coming years as
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Politicians just don’t get it about banking
It is very clear that politicians still don’t get the rightful public anger about banking and bankers. The Observer did this weekend: Before the financial
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Knickers to tax
A lot of organisations — unions, NGOs, journalists, others — have asked me questions about the tax gap of late and who seems not to
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It’s the tax havens, obviously
This comes from the Tax Justice Network blog this morning: Sometimes, a picture speaks more clearly than words can. Now, courtesy of something that FT
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Aid to tax havens
As the Guardian notes this morning: Hundreds of millions of pounds of European Union aid to help the poor in Africa is being handed over
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Stop the nonsense: no one is independent
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee are having a squabble about independence. Adam Posen claims that Mervyn King was excessively political by supporting the
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We’ve crossed the Rubicon
It feels to me like we’ve crossed the Rubicon. I knew we had in August 2007 when it became apparent that Northern Rock’s shadow bank,
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