2020 July 07

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We need to tax income from wealth more, but massive wealth taxes would crash the economy to an extent Covid-19 has not managed

Posted on July 7 2020

Polly Toynbee wrote this in The Guardian yesterday, referring to the need for funding to beat our economic crisis: But what if, with one bound, we
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Natural gas joins the list of stranded assets investments that have cost hundreds oif billions

Posted on July 7 2020

As the Guardian notes this morning: A multibillion-dollar pipeline of projects aiming to ship gas around the world on giant tankers could be in jeopardy
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Freeports: the new tax havens that the government wants to create in the UK

Posted on July 7 2020

One of Rishi Sunak’s big plans for the UK is the introduction of so-called ‘freeports’. He has been promoting them for a long time, and
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The US property market is in trouble, and that’s bad news for us

Posted on July 7 2020

Robert Reich was Bill Clinton’s Secretary of Labor. He has persistently engaged in radical (in US terms) thinking since leaving office to be an academic
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Don’t believe the headlines: the Big 4 are not going anywhere on audit

Posted on July 7 2020

The FT notes this morning: The UK’s Big Four accounting firms have until 2024 to separate their audit practices, per the latest reporting by the
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Sunak offers £3 billion for the green economy when £100bn is needed

Posted on July 7 2020

As the Guardian notes this morning: Rishi Sunak is to announce a £3bn package of green investment to decarbonise public buildings and cut emissions from
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An introduction to tax: my new YouTube video, out this morning

Posted on July 7 2020

The YouTube channel I am planning has four major themes: Economics Tax The Green New Deal Accounting Each is getting its own introductory video and
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