I’ve been analysing some HMRC data this afternoon. The data in question is available here and shows the shares of total income (before and after tax) for percentile
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“American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.” Joseph Stiglitz in The Price of Inequality (p28) Which is an important point: never presume that the current inequality in the
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This comes from the New York State Department report on Standard Chartered Bank (SCB): SCB intentionally withheld material information from New York and Federal regulators in
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The Deloitte link with Standard Chartered is being little noted, except by Reuters who have reported: Allegations that a banking unit of Standard Chartered Plc schemed
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Gideon Rachman has an interesting article in the FT this morning. I’ll start with his conclusion, in which he says: James Callaghan, the prime minister Mrs
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The Standard Chartered story is everywhere this morning. And I know the case is not proven, but these things don’t go public until regulators are very
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