I can’t be alone in thinking coronavirus is now the biggest short term problem facing our economy: stock markets in the USA and UK continued
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Why Trump may not get re-elected in one chart
Trump has been desperate to say that the USA is not vulnerable to coronavirus. And it is easy to see why. Most of those supporting
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If 50% of the world’s investments are going to ethically invested within five years there’s going to be a massive demand for accounting reform
The FT’s Moral Money column noted this yesterday: For years, US investment managers have been talking about huge demand building for ESG funds – but
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The Green New Deal is all about ‘levelling up’ the UK
The FT has noted this morning that: Britain must spend at least £1tn over 20 years and devolve power out of London if Boris Johnson’s
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The Fair Tax Mark: achieving real change
The Fair Tax Mark (of which I was until last year a director, and which I still advise) has announced this morning that: Capita has
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Hong Kong is putting money aside to compensate those hit by coronavirus: the UK will need to do the same
I noted yesterday the problems that might arise if people were not compensated for self-isolating to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Then I saw that
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New economic thinking in Cambridge – 26 March
As a trustee of the Cambridge Trust for New Thinking in Economics I’m more than happy to share this tweet: The programme is available here,
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Accountancy Personality of the Year
I have done a couple of events with PQ Magazine of late. This magazine is aimed at accounting trainees (PQ stands for ‘part qualified’). There
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The Tories are still on the side of the tax cheats
There was a debate in the Commons on the tax gap yesterday. Labour initiated it. John McDonnell led the attack for them. You can read
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