2011 June 20

New on Forbes: The Greek Accounting Tragedy

Posted on June 20 2011

New on Forbes – my blog on why the Greek crisis could have been avoided if only we’d had proper government accounts.

Media job at Task Force on Financial Integrity

Posted on June 20 2011

GuardianJobs is carrying the following advertisement: JOURNALIST/MEDIA OUTREACH The Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development is looking for an experienced journalist in a fast-paced,
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George Irvin on the Greek crisis – suggesting this is a crisis of choice

Posted on June 20 2011

Prof George Irvin is a man I have a lot of time for. He’s written about the Greek financial crisis today, saying: Was this necessary? Clearly not;
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HMRC moves to tackle tax evasion welcome – but it will not work without more people to enforce it

Posted on June 20 2011

I welcome this initiative by HMRC to tackle tax evasion: Businesses and individuals avoiding tax payments are to be targeted by new software launched by HM Revenue & Customs
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The domicile rules on tax are illegal discrimination on the grounds of national origin

Posted on June 20 2011

I wrote the blog reproduced below in March 2007, but nothing of substance has changed on this issue since then. Except that the government has now announced
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Larry Elliott on Greece – default is the only option – but that inevitably means our banks fall over again

Posted on June 20 2011

Larry Elliott’s article on Greece in the Guardian this morning deserves to be quoted at length becasue it is just about the clearest piece written on the
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