I am pleased to report that the Global Initiative for Financial Transparency has approved its new Principles for Tax Transparency. In itself, I think this
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Elsewhere
My Twitter thread format appears to be popular, with publications lifting them for use in other media. Prospect did so, again, yesterday: So too did
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The coming winter of discontent
I seem to be a popular podcast guest at the moment. This is the latest, from CommonWeal in Scotland: New Policy Podcast! This week, Craig
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Gordon Brown’s plan for energy is half-baked, at best
I posted this on Twitter last night: Gordon Brown has suggested temporarily nationalising energy companies that struggle over the next year or two, before handing
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We have a choice. The Tories want economic meltdown. But if we were willing to create some more government money we could avoid that.
I just posted this thread on Twitter: The Tory leadership election is offering the party faithful an image of a land about to flow with
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The strangest feeling
I had the strangest feeling yesterday afternoon. At round 4pm, when doing academic work, I suddenly realised that for the first time in four weeks
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The Tories are not working
If you have made the mistake of following the Tory leadership election then you will, presuming you suspended your disbelief, now know that we are
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Neoliberalism is eating itself
A new podcast from me with The Echo Chambers Podcast in Ireland. The kinks in the tweet are live and I think this is worth
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We need to tax wealth more – but in the right way
Wealth taxes are often said to be the source of the additional revenues this country needs to solve its financial problems. There are two problems
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