2021 April 12

Where is the UK government on Biden’s tax plan? Is Johnson intending to come out as the friend of tax havens?

Posted on April 12 2021

I wrote about the Biden tax plan last week. I mentioned that it might raise an estimated £13.5bn pa for the UK at the weekend. And
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It really is time we had economists who could join the dots

Posted on April 12 2021

The FT headlines an interview between Martin Wolf and Larry Summers, the former Democrat Treasury Secretary, this morning with the headline: I have to say
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The changing ownership of government debt

Posted on April 12 2021

The Debt Management Office of the UK government has issued new data showing the changing profile of the ownership of UK government debt: In 2004
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David Cameron tried to exploit the NHS because there is widespread ignorance about the way the government can create money

Posted on April 12 2021

This tweet is useful, not least because of the included extract from the Sunday Times: Devastating story about David Cameron in todayâ€™s Sunday Times, alleging
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