I suspect I have blogged about the royal family before. At one time I seemed to be quite regularly working on television documentaries on their
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Debt has not been caused by low interest rates, but higher rates would topple the whole world economy
As Larry Elliott notes in the Guardian this morning, the World Bank is worried that debt is rising worldwide. This is their data: Larry raises
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Accountants will save the planet
This was recorded in November and I have only just spotted it. For a video made in one take between lecture sessions I think it’s
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Climate: the most important issue in accounting
I have just noticed I am in this month’s NQ magazine for newly qualified accountants, arguing that climate accounting is the most pressing issue in
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From The Times, this morning: when will accountants take tax avoidance seriously?
The Loan Charge: a principles based discussion
A commentator on the blog asked a question in the light of my criticism of HMRC’s management of the loan charge, posted yesterday. Zacchaeus asked:
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Long-Bailey’s pointless struggle
I wrote yesterday suggesting that Rebecca Long-Bailey got her approach to the Green New Deal right when launching her bid to be Labour leader in
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Central banking is not the answer
The FT has an interview with Mark Carney, who is now in his valedictory period at the Bank of England before leaving in two months.
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Tax justice and the ‘loan charge’ – or why HMRC is failing, very badly
I did a live discussion on the Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2 today on what is called ‘the loan charge’. A background to
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