The Guardian has reported this evening: A group of progressive Europeans led by the economist and author Thomas Piketty has drawn up a bold new
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Long live auditing
I was a little surprised to be asked to write for International Banker magazine recently. This is the journal of the Worshipful Company of International Bankers.
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Scotland really is another country
YouGov published polling on Brexit yesterday. The fieldwork was by constituency and covered more than 20,000 people about a week ago. This was one finding: Interesting.
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We really do need a Green New Deal
My Green New Deal colleague, Colin Hines, has yet another letter in the Guardian this morning stressing the importance of a Green New Deal and
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Macron indicated the society he wanted by cutting the wealth tax. He lost France by doing so.
The Guardian discusses protests in France this morning, 8nckuding this comment and quote: Isabelle, 41, a single mother, had never taken part in a protest
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Why does a falling FTSE matter?
Does a falling FTSE matter? This was yesterday’s chart: At one level the fact that the FTSE has been in steady decline and took a
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The UK is a relatively lightly taxed country – and it shows
The OECD has just published new data on trends in tax revenues in 2017. This is how the countries stand (click for a larger image and
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KPMG and the gravy train
As The Guardian reports this morning: KPMG, the auditing firm that gave Carillion a clean bill of health, has reported a leap in profits that
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