I have reposted the following from the Treasure Islands blog with Nick Shaxson’s permission: From The Telegraph: Tax amnesties – such as the deal announced with
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The Mirror wrote a very good commentary on George Osborne’s speech when accepting the GQ Magazine Politician of the Year award this week. To describe
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Source, Real World Economics Review, here I’m not sure mjuch more needs to be said about the intention of neoliberalism. Except that George Osborne wants
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The Guardian reports this morning: Business leaders are urging the Bank of England to authorise another £50bn of quantitative easing when its monetary policy committee meets today
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I took part in a debate on Radio 4’s PM programme yesterday on the 50p tax rate. You can hear it here, 32 minites in.
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Another discussion of a word, also from the Guardian. As Jon Henley noted yesterday: Feral: there’s a lot of it about, lately. Too true: as
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I love the English language and love playing with it – even if I don’t always type it properly. As a result I was delighted when the
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