Andrew Wilson, who Chairs the Scottish Growth Commission for Nicola Sturgeon, has an article in the FT this morning on the supposed detailed plan for
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Money from 1672 to 1694: the years of change
I intended to post the fifth and sixth instalments of Helen Schofield’s history of money yesterday, but actually only did the fifth. However, having now
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Money: a history
This is the third in a series of comments from Helen Schofield on the history of money. The first is here, and the second here.
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Shorting is a mug’s game that needs to be banned
This is great: I wish I’d written that. But I recognise merit when I see it – and that is very good. Five things. First,
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Fighting for the right to tell the truth
There is a profoundly worrying trend going on at present on Twitter, and elsewhere. There is a very clear trend emerging that represents a deliberate
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Why isn’t vaccine manufacturing being put on a war footing?
I posted this on Twitter last night: If we are short of vaccines why aren’t AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna letting other drug companies manufacture their
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If we want better accounting data your help is needed
As I noted a few days ago, in December the government announced a consultation on the future accounts filing arrangements with Companies House. The consultation
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The history of money – a guest post
I began posting a series of comments from Helen Schofield on the history of money yesterday. Today I add her third and fourth instalments. The
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Jersey says it isn’t a tax haven, but there again, every tax haven says that
I noted a few days ago that the European Parliament has voted to include Jersey on the EU’s tax haven blacklist. That does not add
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