The Tax After Coronavirus (TACs) project suggests that the most important role of tax in a jurisdiction is to shape its society and economy in
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Today’s inflation data is no guide as to what is to come in the coronavirus economy
A lot of people seem to be quite excited about the news that inflation has fallen in March as the impact of coronavirus hit. The
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Coronavirus deaths are likely to be double those the government is admitting to
It would seem that the FT thinks I was far too cautious in my extrapolation of the excess deaths data yesterday. It suggests that: The
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Question of the day: If we were to create an economy from scratch, what would it look like?
A commentator who uses the name Vinnie on this blog asked this question this morning: I just wondered if I could put forward a suggestion
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Video of the Economics of Green Recovery
This tweet features a video from the event I did on Monday night which I think is worth sharing. It may have been 6.35pm in
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What will deliver a Green New Deal?
The First Dog On The Moon has the UK sussed….
It’s not the excess deaths now that matter (although each is a tragedy): it’s the fact that they will continue that is going to hurt us so very badly
The data for excess deaths is out from the ONS. Because I am teaching this afternoon I have been a bit distracted, but now I
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Tax After Coronavirus (TACs) : Tax and human rights
As was discussed in the introduction to this section on Tax and Society within the Tax After Coronavirus (TACs) project, the relationship between tax and
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