The Guardian has reported the murder of the Maltese anti-corruption blogger Daphne Caruana Galuzia, saying: The journalist who led the Panama Papers investigation into corruption
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Oops: £490 billion has gone AWOL
The Telegraph has reported that Global banks and international bond strategists have been left stunned by revised ONS figures showing that Britain is £490bn poorer
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Can we afford the NHS?
I can’t do better than share this post from Progressive Pulse this morning, which I do, with permission of the authors: Authors: David Laws, Consultant
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Viking Economics
I am speaking at a meeting with George Lakey in Norwich Quaker Meeting House tomorrow evening at 6pm. We are discussing George’s book ‘Viking Economics’
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The case against Amazon and eBay
The Public Accounts Committee has published the evidence submitted to it regarding Amazon and eBay and VAT non-compliance. That evidence is here. I think it’s
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Today’s economic news: predictable solutions to a predictable crisis are predicted not to work
I read this morning’s news as I tried to persuade my slightly reluctant body that it is back in UK time. Having read that news,
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Thoughts on the IMF and World Bank
I am aware that I have mentioned the IMF’s latest quarterly report in a number of posts over the last day or so. I think
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Are businesses really formed to make profit?
Sitting in Washington Dulles airport I am reviewing a book. Amongst its authors’ claims is the suggestion that it is profit that motivates the creation
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Why another global financial crisis is likely
The IMF said today: [Banking] Supervisors should focus more on the business models of banks to ensure sustainable profitability. We estimate that almost one-third of
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