It would seem to me that whether to support the Corbyn plan for bringing Johnson down, or not, is the only question of relevance to
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Money’s too cheap to mention, and still no Green New Deal
Tax spillovers at the Biarritz Summit
The next G7 summit is in Biarritz at the end of August. The G7 Research Group at the Munk Scool at the University of Toronto
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Tax reform of the day: make the UK main corporation tax rate 25% with a small company rate 20%
As I mentioned yesterday, in my book ‘The Joy of Tax’ I argued that tax was the single best instrument available to any government to
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It’s time for a Brexit recession
The FT reported last night that: US equities fell 3 per cent on Wednesday after disappointing data from China and Germany increased fears over global
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Brexit: a tale of crisis foretold
I wrote the blog that follows in June 2016, just before the referendum. I have re-shared it before, but in the light of attempts by
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Auditing: a profession facing an existential crisis
As the FT has noted this morning: Sports Direct has asked the UK government to clarify how it might act if the troubled retailer becomes
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Tax reform of the day: equalise capital gains and income tax rates
In my book ‘The Joy of Tax’ I argued that tax was the single best instrument available to any government to shape the society for
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The economic mainstream is biased: who’d have thought it?
Mohsen Javdani, who is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of British Columbia, and Ha-Joon Chang is Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge have
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