Osborne has said he will run a government surplus is re-elected. If he does it will be a fluke. There has been only seven years
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The Ebor Lectures: I’m in York to give mine, entitled ‘Jesus would cut the tax gap’ on 9 October
York St John University have just issued this press release: Richard Murphy, Director of Tax Research UK, will be the guest speaker at the next
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Osborne lays out a plan for mass unemployment
George Osborne has (I quote the Guardian): drawn up a new “fiscal mandate” with two new rules: – The budget should be in surplus in
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PEAC annual call for papers
I’ve been asked to share the following by the Progressive Economy Academics’ Network: Within the framework of its next Annual Forum meeting (5 to 8 March 2014) to
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Automatic information exchange: a video update
I’ve been asked a pile of questions by a journalist in automatic information exchange. I could have spent ages providing a written answer or as long
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What’s so shocking about Ralph Miliband?
It’s fascinating that the Daily Mail, in its scurrilous attack on Ralph Miliband, notes amongst other things that: Ralph Miliband himself, in his 1969 book
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Time for Land Value Taxation – in the Independent this morning
I am co-signatory of a letter in the Independent this morning that says: The compulsory purchase of land banks proposed by Ed Miliband puts Labour’s
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The nasty party is out in force. Only now it’s the clueless, nasty party
I think this paragraph in the Guardian this morning is quite extraordinary: George Osborne will continue the government’s push to reduce welfare spending by announcing a nationwide scheme
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