In this episode of the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast, the Taxcast, we go on a reparational justice journey and speak to the Council for World
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Apologies….
Moderation has been very slow today. Please accept my apologies. The delay is because I seem to have got a bug (no, not Covid) and
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We are heading for 5 million unemployed and a fixation with balanced budgets will mean that cost will have to be accounted for by economists who have doomed these people to despair
The Resolution Foundation has a new report out this morning on the job market and the impact of furlough. As they note, unemployment is now
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Boris Johnson: the leader of a cowardly government
The Guardian has noted that: MPs have suggested that a “north-south divide” in the Conservative party could be its “undoing” and lead to a string
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Scottish independence would be a disaster for the people of Scotland if the Growth Commission plans were to be followed
Laurie MacFarlane had an excellent post out on Open Democracy yesterday. This was the heading: The piece is a critique of the work of Andrew
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Reframing the deficit
This is a really good thread from Stephanie Kelton: And for those who ask how I reconcile this with my call for hypothecated saving, that’s
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The Tories’ deficit deceit
I think this from Simon Wren-Lewis, written yesterday, is very good: [The suggestion is] that Sunak, like Osborne, only pretends to misunderstand the nature of
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It is apparent that populism won’t give up without a fight, so we have to fight it
It hardly need be said that we live in extraordinary times. It is readily apparent that we do. But, that does not mean that we
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Videos on hold
Normally at this time in the morning I would be posting a video here. I won’t be today, or for at least the rest of
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