I broadcast several times yesterday. The subject was Amazon, and tax. Or, as I made it, Amazon and accounting. Twice were for the BBC. Once
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Amazon is playing tax games but the UK government is letting them get away with it
I was asked to comment on Amazon’s tax by a number of journalists yesterday. The Mirror has a quote, but it was not all I said,
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It’s time the BBC realised that the opposite of reasonable debate is not unreasoned extremism
Rupert Read is a Green campaigner; philosopher; former Green Party candidate and a friend of mine. We don’t always agree. But we share a lot in common,
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Danny Blanchflower and I agree: Mark Carney’s seriously fluffed it this time
Danny Blanchflower and I had a fun conversation last night. It’s always good to talk with him, even if most of the time we’re two
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Three blokes in a pub
The only reason for the Bank of England’s interest rate move is bankers’ vanity
The job of the Bank of England is to keep inflation on target at 2%. In their inflation report they admit: The prices of the things
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The Bank of England’s interest rate rise is the surest sign that they are out of control
As I have just tweeted in response to the Bank of England’s decision to raise interest rates to 0.75%, announced minutes ago: It takes some
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