2014 July

Venn diagrams for our times: the impact of the financial crisis

Posted on July 23 2014

The strange case of Lidl’s accounts

Posted on July 22 2014

I was interviewed by Joe Lynam for the Today programme at 6.49 am this morning (a link is available here for the next few days) on
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Do you have to put your head in the sand to want to be Chancellor?

Posted on July 22 2014

Our economy is in a mess. I think that should be obvious to anyone, and yet you don’t hear that message too often on the
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OECD move against tax dodging will not benefit poor countries

Posted on July 21 2014

The following press release was issue by Chritian Aid today. I think it sound comment: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) which is
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Customers think fair tax the most important ethical issue for big business

Posted on July 21 2014

According to the FT this morning: Boards must take control of setting a company’s ethical values and be prepared to dismiss chief executives whose values
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Venn diagrams for our times: economic objectivity

Posted on July 21 2014

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Venn diagrams for our times: politics and economics

Posted on July 20 2014

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We really do not need a budget surplus

Posted on July 20 2014

Ed Miliband has made a promise to deliver a budget surplus during the course of the next parliament. I have explained time and again why
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George has got his dream: the UK’s now a tax haven

Posted on July 18 2014

In February 2006 George Osborne went to Ireland and gave a speech that would reward study by those interested in recent political history. What I recall
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