It’s Davos time: the moment in the neoliberal calendar when he high priests of exploitation gather to celebrate their ability to pillage on behalf of
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Money no obstacle for Europe: Green QE and fair tax funded infrastructure can replace austerity’s ‘road to ruin’
The Green New Deal Group launched a new report today on the need for Green Infrastructure Quantitative Easing and the collection of money owed by tax
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Osborne: the newly converted fan of government debt
Who would have thought it? George Osborne is the new, and apparently the biggest, fan of government debt. Ad the Guardian report this morning: More
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Beware devolved tax powers because those on lowest income pay most as a result
There are those who think that devolving tax powers to individual parts of the UK will be economically beneficial. I do think that is possible
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Our duty to engage with politics
I think this video by John Sentamu is a powerful justification for the engagement of churches, charities and civil society in politics. And it provides
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The EU has just nine civil servants tackling international tax abuse
Sven Giegold is a Green MEP from Germany. He is also one of those who, with me, shares description as a co-founder of the Tax Justice Network,
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Switzerland: the perfect example of the finance curse in action
There will be acres of print in the media on the consequences of the Swiss decision to yesterday float the franc – after which its
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HMRC recovers up to £97 for every £1 it spends on tax investigations
Law firm Pinsent Masons, who appear on occasion to double as HMRC’s PR agency, have been doing so digging into HMRC’s data on the yield
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Banks do create money out of thin air – which is a power that must be used for social good
Some heat has been expended in the comments section of this blog concerning the ability of banks to create money of thin air, which despite
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