2020 June 01

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We don’t have to do anything now to manage the macroeconomic consequences of the coronavirus crisis, unless it is to issue perpetual bonds

Posted on June 1 2020

Simon Wren-Lewis drew my attention to a survey by the Centre for Macroeconomics at the Centre for Economic Policy Research, published on 28 May. This
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The Basics of Modern Money

Posted on June 1 2020

This is good: We need a UK version…. I’ll be working on it.

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Auditors are finally going to have to do their jobs

Posted on June 1 2020

As the FT has noted this morning: UK financial regulators are examining how many listed companies are set to issue warnings about their ability to
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The government is not following the science: and it’s the health professionals who are saying so

Posted on June 1 2020

Whatever the government is now doing on Covid 19 it is not following the science. The Association of Directors of Public Health in the UK
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Hypocrisy in European Tax Policy and the Morality Play of Economic Recovery

Posted on June 1 2020

The article that follows was written by my friend and colleague, Prof Leonard Seabrooke of Copenhagen Business School. It was originally published in Danish in
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All injustice matters

Posted on June 1 2020

On this blog I tend to focus on issues relating to income and wealth inequality. And I tend to use an economic lens to view
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Why has it taken HMRC so long to tackle tax fraud on sites like Amazon and eBay?

Posted on June 1 2020

As the FT reported last night: Online marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay face being forced to collect value added tax on UK sales made
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