I am well aware that the supposed inquiry into David Cameron’s obeying is said to be all about whether he complied with lobbying rules or
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It’s time for Jersey to join the international tax community
I was interested in this comment in yesterday’s yesterday’s Jersey Evening Post: JERSEY’S zero-ten company taxation system is nearing its ‘sell-by date’ and needs to
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The Whiteness of Wealth
I am pleased to share this special, and longer than usual, edition of the Tax Justice Network’s taxcast. I think the theme, on the link
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Where is the UK government on Biden’s tax plan? Is Johnson intending to come out as the friend of tax havens?
I wrote about the Biden tax plan last week. I mentioned that it might raise an estimated £13.5bn pa for the UK at the weekend. And
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It really is time we had economists who could join the dots
The FT headlines an interview between Martin Wolf and Larry Summers, the former Democrat Treasury Secretary, this morning with the headline: I have to say
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The changing ownership of government debt
The Debt Management Office of the UK government has issued new data showing the changing profile of the ownership of UK government debt: In 2004
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David Cameron tried to exploit the NHS because there is widespread ignorance about the way the government can create money
This tweet is useful, not least because of the included extract from the Sunday Times: Devastating story about David Cameron in today’s Sunday Times, alleging
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Karl Popper on definitions
This is very good, and very worthwhile remembering when dealing with right-wing trolls, who use definitions as methods of differentiation when as Popper points out
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We should seek to ensure that all can live with freedom from fear
I began writing this a few weeks ago, when I awoke with my head brimful of ideas in the middle of the night and writing
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