Andy Crow suggested why neoliberal austerity might end in a comment posted on the blog overnight. He said: Businesses need customers with money to spend.
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Martin Sandbu wrote two articles in the FT last week (very paywalled) that look at issues arising from this weekend’s referendum in Switzerland on banking reform.
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I am amused by the gig, drawn to my attention by Andy Crow: First, I love the fact that they’ll only be able to concentrate
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It takes some ability to write what I suspect will prove to be the fatuous economics comment of the year as early as May, but
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Max Lawson at Oxfam has drawn my attention to a recent article in The Economist on Corbynomics. It is interesting for a number of reasons.
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According to International Tax Adviser: HM Revenue and Customs identified a 20% jump in serious tax evasion cases in the past 12 months, according to
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Prof John Weeks, with whom I have been cooperating on the Progressive Economy Forum, has published an article on Brexit on Brave New Europe. All
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In March I wrote about three tax inquiries started by parliamentary committees. They are on tax evasion and tax avoidance, the VAT tax gap and
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