This is the third in a series of comments from Helen Schofield on the history of money. The first is here, and the second here.
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Shorting is a mug’s game that needs to be banned
This is great: I wish I’d written that. But I recognise merit when I see it – and that is very good. Five things. First,
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Fighting for the right to tell the truth
There is a profoundly worrying trend going on at present on Twitter, and elsewhere. There is a very clear trend emerging that represents a deliberate
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Why isn’t vaccine manufacturing being put on a war footing?
I posted this on Twitter last night: If we are short of vaccines why aren’t AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna letting other drug companies manufacture their
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If we want better accounting data your help is needed
As I noted a few days ago, in December the government announced a consultation on the future accounts filing arrangements with Companies House. The consultation
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The history of money – a guest post
I began posting a series of comments from Helen Schofield on the history of money yesterday. Today I add her third and fourth instalments. The
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Jersey says it isn’t a tax haven, but there again, every tax haven says that
I noted a few days ago that the European Parliament has voted to include Jersey on the EU’s tax haven blacklist. That does not add
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The ultimate goal of government is to deliver freedom from fear and ours is not doing that
There are days when the most appropriate type of blog post are those that are full of policy ideas, and detail. There have been quite
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Christine Desan’s Work In Relation To MMT – a guest post
It was recently decided on this blog that in general guest posts here were not a good idea, but that the occasional elevation of a
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