At the talk I gave earlier this week I sang the praises of the mixed economy. After the talk a person present said he had
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It was curious to note that commentators on this site yesterday were referring to the risk of hyperinflation from MMT, suggesting that 56 historical cases
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The Guardian has reported that: The EU executive has said the UK owes €2.7bn (£2.4bn) to Brussels for alleged failure to tackle customs fraud, as
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There would appear to be unanimity amongst the informed media that the resignation of  Gary Cohn as Trump’s senior economics adviser is bad news. As
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I did a twelve minute talk on the good, the bad and the ugly of tax last night. These were my speaking notes:

I spent a lot of time discussing tax reform yesterday. One of the issues I discussed, more than once, was how overdue tax reform is
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Whilst writing my post on Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and tax havens at the weekend a thought occurred to me that was, maybe, lost in
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I was discussing tax at a public event last night. One of the questions asked was about the tax reforms Judith Knott (ex HMRC, who
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