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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The IMF thinks that there could be a financial crash
It is always good to know that my concern about the irrationality of stack markets is shared, and today the IMF has made clear its
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The savings bonds that could transform our future
I wrote yesterday about my idea for issuing bonds to fund the new investment that will be required in the UK economy after coronavirus. My
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It is time for the government to decide if it wants economic carnage on top of everything else
As the Guardian has reported: Gordon Brown has called for emergency measures to support businesses in the budget after new research from the London School of
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What now for capital allowances? A note on UK tax reform after coronavirus
One of the roles that I now sometimes take on is to write technical notes on tax justice issues that other organisations might use, if
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Remembering 100,000, and why some of them died
On 3 February 2020 Boris Johnson said this in his triumphalist post-Brexit speech at Lancaster House: Trade used to grow at roughly double global GDP
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How to use local and hypothecated bond issues to fund the recovery
I made a suggestion in a video yesterday that it is now essential to the restoration of balance within the UK economy that the accumulating
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The missing information on unemployment is the 1.3 million people who have upped sticks and left the country
As the Guardian notes this morning: The UK’s unemployment rate rose to 5% in the three months to November — up from 4.9%, and the
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The culture war and politics now being injected into UK charities
I noticed this tweet this tweet, published yesterday in response to a letter in The Times, which can be viewed by looking on the link
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