I posted this comment on Twitter last night: I want to know why it is that peacefully demonstrating against the activities of those who are
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The responsibility for failing local government lies at the doors of a rotten government, a rotten philosophy, rotten economics and rotten indifference to people
The FT has noted that: At least 12 English councils have been in rescue talks with the government, in what could be the “tip of
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OpenLux proves that non-compliance remains the game in tax havens
A new series of tax haven disclosures by media organisations began yesterday, the Tax Justice Network summarises it like this: OpenLux is a join investigation
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An economic crisis after the pandemic is over is nigh on certain unless modern monetary theory dictates policy at that time
The Guardian has a heavily pro-MMT editorial this morning, albeit offering a pragmatic mix of Randy Wray and QE in a way I entirely approve
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When will we need to discuss Jubilee as part of the post-Covid recovery?
As The Guardian has noted this morning: Britain’s economy faces a long haul back from the third coronavirus lockdown as new figures show that businesses
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The Queen of tax havens
It is well known the the UK is the hub of the world’s tax haven network. It’s not just the City of London, of course.
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Why we don’t need tax increases now
There are growing calls for tax increases to ‘pay for coronavirus’. But as I argue in this video, not only has coronavirus already been paid
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The Bank of England has to be subject to political accountability. For it to be otherwise is a threat to the very core of our democratic process.
Andrew Bailey delivered one of his usual speeches that included little link to reality on Friday. He began by saying: It is fast approaching twenty
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If we don’t see a ‘vaccine effect’ soon the delay in second does vaccines will be the next government policy failure on coronavirus
Chris Giles at the FT and I are not always known for agreeing with each other, but he is clearly onto something with this thread:
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