Jeffrey Sachs is not my favourite economist. There again, he’s far from bottom of the pile, and he’s notched up a fair few places this
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The UK undermines global financial stability
From the Mirror (and why not – full marks to them for picking this up): Britian’s “soft touch” policing of the City risks triggering a
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HMRC gives in again – this time to AstraZeneca
From the Guardian: AstraZeneca has settled a long-running tax dispute in a deal which sees HM Revenue & Customs refund tax payments that will now
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Thought for the day – 2 – No banker ha been arrested for trashing the economy
Think about it. More than 130 peaceful UK Uncut protestors have been arrested for sitting in Fortnums – when the police agreed in advance they
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Thoughts for the day – 1 – The Queen says there is a right to non-violent protest
George Monbiot, in the Guardian today: It could have been worse: at least the police didn’t try to kettle half a million people. But as
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