Theresa May wants Labour’s support for her ailing premiership. It’s an interesting idea: a quasi-grand coalition. I can’t think of any reason why Labour should
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A coming summer of disquiet
I don’t know what the summer of 1939 was like. Worse than that of 2017, I am sure. But I can’t help thinking that they
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Cameron and Osborne: due to be found guilty by a jury of their peers
Michael Rosen asked a series of questions yesterday in response to the blog I had written explaining why in my opinion the country could afford
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Can increased public spending pay for itself?
Geoff Tily is the chief economist of the TUC. We’ve known each other for some time, and like all good economists have the odd difference
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Why we do not need corporation tax returns on public record and what we need instead
We had a debate yesterday at the Tax Justice Network conference (which was a stunningly good event) on whether tax justice campaigners should call for
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Bad, and getting worse
The Guardian reports this morning that: Rising prices in the wake of the Brexit vote have put the tightest squeeze on household incomes for more
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Changing the name of the game
I’ve been playing with ideas for renaming aspects of tax and the related economic issues where the popular language used is obviously deeply value laden
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Muphry’s law
I was introduced to Muphry’s Law yesterday, which the Urban Dictionary defines as follows: Muphry’s Law is the editorial application of the better-known Murphy’s Law.
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