If the value of a single unit of a supposed currency varies between $9,000 and $11,000 in a day then it is not a currency
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The UK’s industrial strategy fails to ask the essential questions
Progressive Pulse began as a spin off form this blog, but now has a vibrant life all of its own. That is very clearly demonstrated
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Will the EU undermine its cause by not putting any EU state on its tax haven blacklist?
Reuters has reported: The European Union’s tax commissioner on Tuesday called on the bloc’s governments to be ambitious when they decide on a common blacklist
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The Coming Crisis
I am republishing the following from Speri (Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute) as a shameless promotion of a book in which I have contribution: SPERI
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One word: path-et-ic
I’m coming over a bit all Craig Revel Horwood this morning as a result of a report in the Guardian this morning that says: Theresa
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Corbyn’s threat to wealth is welcome
I was interviewed on LBC yesterday about reports from Morgan Stanley, the US bank, that a Corbyn government would be worse for the UK than
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89% of British adults say tax avoidance by large companies is morally wrong even if it’s legal
I agree with this sentiment in a press release from Christian Aid today, and so I share it: Today, leaders of the UK’s overseas territories gather
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The November Tax Justice Network Taxcast
In the November 2017 Tax Justice Network Taxcast: the latest offshore scandal, the Paradise Papers with one of the journalists who got the scoop, Pulitzer
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Non-cooperative tax regimes
There’s always been much debate about what a tax haven might be. It’s one reason why I defined the term secrecy jurisdiction*. But secrecy is
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