I was pleased to note this tweet this morning: https://twitter.com/angusmacneilsnp/status/1357483141645107202?s=21 The Tweet does, of course, refer to my commentary on the absurd LSE report in
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Why Freeports are a terrible idea
The government is proposing that there should be at least ten new freeports in the UK. These were so useless the last time that they were
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The CBI is right: we need some serious economic planning
A week or so ago one of the commentators on this blog asked if I might suggest now to be the time for a 1945
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The LSE report on the increased costs in trade for an independent Scotland is based on unsubstantiated data and absurd assumptions
I have tried hard to take seriously the new report from the LSE on the costs of Scottish independence, as measured through the supposed impediments
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Why large companies are macroeconomic entities
The accounts of all companies, from the very largest, to the very smallest, are prepared on the assumption that the organisations in question are microeconomic
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Simply demanding more furlough is not enough: we need an industrial strategy for the post-Covid era
The Guardian has reported this morning that: Rishi Sunak has been warned by the leaders of Britain’s most influential business groups and the trade union
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Are we all to succumb to the outright nastiness of the small-minded nationalist outlook now?
According to the Guardian: Labour must make “use of the [union] flag, veterans [and] dressing smartly” as part of a radical rebranding to help it
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Thank you, 93 times, for supporting sustainable cost accounting
Some may recall that last autumn I asked if anyone here who was interested might make a submission to the IFRS on their consultation on
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Why the accounts of multinational companies are works of fiction
The world’s multinational corporations would have you believe that their accounts provide a true and fair view of the transactions that they undertake, but this
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