I do like this, from Olivier Blanchard and David Leigh at the IMF in a new working paper: This paper investigates the relation between growth
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Over here and undertaxed: the story of Google, Amazon and Starbucks. My new book, out 10 February
I am this morning putting the finishing touches to my new book, written over Christmas. This is the cover: The book will be published on 10 February by
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Keynes, on full employment, as relevant today as in 1929
The following quote was drawn to my attention this morning. It’s by Keynes and is from a pamphlet written to support Lloyd George in the 1929
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Who’s to blame for the myth that companies must avoid tax? Let’s start with economists
I’ve noted this morning that far from there being a legal obligation on companies to avoid tax, this action is probably contrary to the law (as well,
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Companies do not have a legal duty to maximise profit or to avoid tax
I had a conversation at a party on Saturday with a person of my occasional acquaintance, who admits to being a reader of this blog. He repeated to me the often
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It’s time to sit back and wait for the next banking failure as the regulators fail us, again
There can be few in the 99% who can take cheer from this news, in the FT this morning: International banks received a new year
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