Colin Powell, the man many credit with being behind the success of Jersey as a secrecy jurisdiction, has sent me a note. I think it
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The government is taking on all comers including doctors – and is bound to lose
Michael Gove has called teachers unprofessional for striking. He says they will lose their reputation with the public. he says the public will support the government in strike
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Reflections on Greece – 4 – you can’t have politicians living in fear of banks
I have argued that no country can devote its entire economic policy to maintaining an external marketplace, and yet that is what the existence of
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New on Forbes: We need the suspension of mark-to-market accounting, now
Reflections on Greece – 3 – you can’t devote your entire economic policy to maintenance of a market
I have already noted the danger that the current developments in Greece pose because the logic of neoliberalism, inherent in the Maastricht Treaty and now
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Reflections on Greece 2 – You can’t put markets ahead of the state
I’ve already noted that the Greek economic crisis was inevitable, and the result of a series of logical errors, all driven by neoliberal economics. Perhaps
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Note to Jersey: the EU has not given any hint of approval of your tax system
The Jersey Evening Post is reporting that the EU has given: The strongest sign yet that the Island’s controversial zero-ten business tax regime is to
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Reflections on Greece – 1 – You can’t put money before a market
The Greek economic crisis was not an unforeseeable event. It’s happened because of a series of misjudgements. Those misjudgements all have their origins in the Maastricht Treaty.
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