This is from The Guardian, yesterday, by Yanis Varoufakis, and unashamedly borrowed since he borrowed the term Green New Deal: What Europe needs is a Green
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Marching to an outcome no one wants
I had some sympathy with this, in the Guardian this morning: On this occasion Juncker is right. But of course, he’s also ignoring the fact that
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We’re 50:50 for hard Brexit now
My friend and occasional co-author Howard Reed asked on the blog this morning: What would you say is the probability of “no-deal Brexit” now Richard? I’d
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Tax avoidance is not theft
I have learned that many campaigning NGOs are planning to describe tax avoidance as theft in the future. I am quite worried by this. First,
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Why Michael Cohen deserves three years
Trump’s lawyer is going to serve just three years in prison for his crimes. The attention is on his crimes for Trump, but actually he is
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Be grateful: Dominic Raab is not running for prime minister this morning
There are occasions to celebrate. This is one of them. Dominic Raab is not launching his campaign to be prime minister this morning. Surely, that’s good
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The myth of profit maximisation
Martin Wolf had a fascinating comment in the FT yesterday. Referring to books by Prof Colin Mayer of Oxford University (entitled Prosperity) and Jonathan Tepper
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The future of corporation tax: my joint submission to the International Monetary Fund
I made a joint submission to an IMF consultation on the future of corporation tax with Professor Andrew Baker of Sheffield University on Monday. The
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Next time will be worse
The Guardian has reported that: The storm clouds of the next global financial crisis are gathering despite the world financial system being unprepared for the
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