According to the FT this morning: A UK financial regulator has called for an inquiry into whether the big four accounting firms should be broken
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The IFS really is the home of dismal economics
The IFS published its analysis of the Spring Statement yesterday. The headline was that if the government was to meet need in the economy within
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How to start a new country: a lesson in the practical politic of thinking from scratch
I only occasionally do book reviews in this blog, largely because I am not the world’s greatest reader of them and so do not often
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The sad fact is that professional ethics are not enough to make accountants comply with the law
Two reports have come to my attention that highlight just how the world really sees the accountancy profession. The first was from Reuters, yesterday and
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Central banks versus private banks: what is the future relationship when we’re going to have crypto currencies?
The FT included two articles yesterday (the second is here) on a new report from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) – which is the
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The best and the worst PMs?
This came from The Red Box from The Times this morning: Remember the sample is rather biased. Two questions: your thoughts? And does anyone know
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The Treasury’s move on taxing digital companies is welcome, but too timid
The government published new proposals yesterday to address the issue of how digital companies (Google, Amazon, Apple, Spotify, et al) might be taxed when many
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The £50 note: will all depositors be traced now it’s recognised most are used in the shadow economy?
The FT has noted a consultation announced by the Treasury yesterday, saying: The Treasury asked on Tuesday if the current mix of eight coins and
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To Russia, with love
There is much discussion about what can really be done by the UK that might harm Russian interests. Theresa May has backed herself into a
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