Economist Professor Richard Werner, who proposed the term “quantitative easing” in Japan in the 1990s, and Caroline Lucas MP, of the Green New Deal Group, are calling
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Caroline Lucas, the Green New Deal and green quantitative easing
This letter is in the Guardian this morning from Caroline Lucas: With the global climate crisis growing ever more urgent, the sharp rise in the
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If you’re going to prosecute
The Redknapp case is another embarrassment for HMRC and the City police. Let’s get the obvious point out of the way: Redknapp has been found innocent. End of
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Redknapp
HMRC msut be fuming that Harry Redknapp is not guilty. But shame ion them too. The ‘gift’ defence on the capital going into this account must have been known
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Jersey really does permit sham trusts
I’m grateful for having had an article in the Jersey & Guernsey Law Review from 2010 drawn to my attention. By Filippo Noseda, it discusses The Foundations (Jersey)
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Liberal Left
I was pleased to see this in the Guardian today: The first Liberal Democrat group openly opposed to the coalition is to be launched at
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All over for the German – Swiss tax deal?
It looks like it may all be ove very soon fro the German – Swiss tax deal that broadly replicates the appalling UK – Swiss one. As
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EU Robin Hood Tax would boost growth, say experts
I have shamelessly lifted the following from Owen Tudor on the TUC’s Touchstone blog: A new report, launched in Brussels on Monday by the Socialists and Democrats in
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I guess the Swiss think we’re stupid
I loved this in Bloomberg this morning: Switzerland’s government will unveil a new “clean money” strategy at the end of this month, SonntagsZeitung reported, citing
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