Fascism is incredibly easy. That is one reason why it is spreading. All you have to do is claim that the people are upset. What
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Climate quantitative easing is key to tackling climate change
Colin Hines and I are in The Guardian this morning: Our letter says: Rebecca Solnit’s inspiring long read (Ten ways to confront the climate crisis
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It is time that tax justice campaigners realised that tax havens have changed and that they are not mainly in the business of facilitating income and corporate tax abuses now
In a recent series of videos that I posted on this blog I looked at the way in which tax havens have changed their activities
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Central banks should not have the power to cause harm, as the Bank of England has at present
As some readers of this column will know, I write a weekly column for The National newspaper in Scotland. In yesterday’s column, I tackled the
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The Corporate Accountability Network Audit Briefings – background to the series
As many readers of this blog will know, I am also a director of the Corporate Accountability Network (CAN). CAN has done a lot of work
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When economic irrationality might literally become the biggest threat to human life we all need to worry.
I have always felt conflicted by the HS2 rail plan. An excessively complex railway designed for speed and as a consequence accessible for pricing reasons
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What is the Tax Justice Network playing at by demanding that the UN take over responsibility for international tax deals?
I noted the concerns I have with the credibility of the calculations within the Tax Justice Network’s State of Tax Justice report for 2021 yesterday.
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The Tories social care cap is a deeply regressive wealth tax that will hit those with least the most
There are two ways to view the government. One is that it is one continual cock-up after another. There is a lot of evidence for
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Without a comprehensive accounting standard for climate change private equity could have a field day exploiting dirty assets for short term gain
Huw van Steenis, who is a senior adviser to the chief executive of UBS and a former adviser to ex-Bank of England governor Mark Carney,
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