Robert Reich was Bill Clinton’s Secretary of Labor. He has persistently engaged in radical (in US terms) thinking since leaving office to be an academic
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Don’t believe the headlines: the Big 4 are not going anywhere on audit
The FT notes this morning: The UK’s Big Four accounting firms have until 2024 to separate their audit practices, per the latest reporting by the
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Sunak offers £3 billion for the green economy when £100bn is needed
As the Guardian notes this morning: Rishi Sunak is to announce a £3bn package of green investment to decarbonise public buildings and cut emissions from
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An introduction to tax: my new YouTube video, out this morning
The YouTube channel I am planning has four major themes: Economics Tax The Green New Deal Accounting Each is getting its own introductory video and
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The Financial Reporting Council refuses to bite the bullet and order the splitting up of the Big 4 audit firms
The Financial Reporting Council is still the regulator of UK auditors. Plans for change have been announced, but nothing has happened as yet. So, we
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Monday morning thoughts: capitalism and accounting
From this blog to The Times: let’s tackle wealth inequality by starting with additional taxes on investment income
I realised over the weekend that my blog from Friday on wealth taxes had been picked up by Patrick Hosking in his business commentary in
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Introduction to economics: my new video, out this morning
The introductory video on economics is out on my YouTube channel this morning: The big point is a simple one. If economics is about the
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The time for accounting reform has arrived
The new report that I have co-authored with colleagues at the University of Sheffield, Copenhagen Business School and Queen Mary, University of London, featured in
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