I know the author of this tweet, quite well: And I agree with it.
Murphy believes
Ruth Strachan, who strikes me as a pretty thorough journalist, has written a review of the economics of Scottish independence in the Investment Monitor, available
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People don’t trust the government on tax justice and they’re right not to do so as we’re living in a tax haven now
The Guardian has reported new polling by the Coop Party on tax justice related issues. As they note: Boris Johnson’s government lacks public trust to
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Landlords still have the potential to upset any economic recovery – and the government is planning to let them do just that
As the covid crisis was developing in March 2020 I argued that one of the first requirements from the government was rent holidays. As I
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How much debt would Scotland owe the rest of the UK if it were to be independent?
Summary This is a long post that was first published in July 2020 and which addresses one of the most sensitive issues in the Scottish
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Funding the Green New Deal
These were the notes for the talk I gave on funding the Green New Deal last night for Brave New Europe: Funding the Green New
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Why vote for someone who does not respect your vote?Â
It’s a depressing fact that although there are many elections this week turnover is unlikely to exceed 50% in any of them. That will be
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SPACs should indicate the end of an economic era
You know capitalism is rotten when the best thing that people can think of investing in is SPACs. These are defined by Investopedia as: A
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The argument on GERS has been won: Scotland knows it is crap
I was amused to see an article in The Spectator by Kevin Hague, with whom I have crossed swords many a time on the subject
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