Country-by-country reporting has been back in the news of late, because data generated by it has for the first time shown the scale of likely
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From furlough to meltdown is a matter of months
I was in discussion with old friends yesterday on what might happen over coming months and even years. Like me, they’re deeply troubled by the
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Saturday morning MMT thoughts
For the first time in months I went out for a coffee this morning, with an iPad of course. And these tweets happened. They are
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Brexit is the politics of continual disappointment in pursuit of a new despair
I am grateful to Brenda Steele for drawing my attention to a blog post by Prof Chris Grey, the title of which is: Brexit gets
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Will the current proposed reforms of the Big 4 firms of accountants work? Unlikely, is a one word answer to that
A journalist I have known for thirty years once told me that there were two places he wanted to be quoted in. One was the
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£525 billion of new gilts this year is what the economy needs – and no hysteria is required
As Yahoo News (amongst others) noted yesterday: The UK government is on course to sell more than half a trillion pounds of debt this year,
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Friday morning NHS thoughts
Capital gains tax is not a wealth tax: it’s a tax on income that would otherwise avoid a tax charge
There is an article in the Financial Times today under the title: CGT is a ‘stealth wealth tax’ There is a great deal said in
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Today’s video: modern monetary theory
A first visit to modern monetary theory: Given the range of issues arising there will be more on this issue. In fact, at least two
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