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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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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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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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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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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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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I’ve just noticed yesterday’s editorial in the Independent. Building on David Cameron’s comments on tax avoidance and the successful proseuction of a Swiss bank for
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I have just noted what David Cameron had to say yesterday on tax avoidance by multinational companies. I’m delighted he has said he will tackle
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What David Cameron had to say on tax avoidance yesterday was important. That’s not because I believe he means it. And it’s not because I
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