The Fair Tax Mark has commissioned new polling as part of Fair Tax Fortnight. It included these findings on public confidence in the audit profession.
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The neoliberal consensus is far too alive and well in Scotland
With apologies to my non-Scottish readers, what is happening there continues to be of economic and political interest when the rUK only has Brexit and
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Would the neoliberals leave Scotland alone.
The Times has (gleefully) reported this morning that: An independent Scotland would have to move quickly to cut its deficit and face a choice between
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The health of the nation and the health of the economy demands unfunded spending on the NHS
Politics Home reports this morning that: The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged the Government to boost public spending by raising taxes and increasing borrowing. Justin
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The case for corporation tax – my contribution to today’s Fair Tax Mark conference
I will be saying something like this at the Fair Tax Mark conference this morning. I have been asked to talk about the case for
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The battle for money has begun
Martin Wolf wrote an article in the FT yesterday in which he argued that the Swiss should vote for monetary reform this weekend. I have
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Sometimes life gets in the way…
Please accept my apologies for slow moderating yesterday. And a slow start to today. Just before 3 yesterday afternoon I got a call to say
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Bill Mitchell is right: The Scottish Growth Commission report sets up Scotland to fail
Bill Mitchell has published a two part analysis of the Scottish Growth Commission report. I strongly recommend reading both. There is not a Rizzla paper
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Let’s talk VAT and Brexit, because it’s time we faced reality
No one wants to talk about VAT. I once turned that to my advantage: early in my career I did a lot of lecturing on
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