I spoke to a friend last night and said I was fed up with this blog. He expressed surprise, suggesting he never thought he’d hear
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Friday morning thoughts
The French ports are ready for Brexit: we haven’t even started as yet
As Computer Weekly reports: The Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS) is intended to allow trucks to declare goods ahead of reaching the border, allowing for
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Starmer, the Machiavellian
There will be those who will expect me to comment in the sacking of Rebecca Long-Bailey by Keir Starmer, so I will. Was her action
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What are the odds on coronavirus? Worse than most people think is the one thing we can say
This comes from The Conversation this morning: Lots of people strongly suspect they have had COVID-19, despite the fact that only 0.5% of the UK’s
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Coronavirus: the fat lady has not sung yet
Unlike the government and the Bank of England my economic thinking is based on there being a likelihood of a second wave of coronavirus for
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The June Taxcast
In this episode of the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast, the Taxcast: We look at the United States and how tax justice can help address
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Unless there is major rent reform we’re going to see a horrible meltdown than the downward
In early March, way before the coronavirus lockdown, I said that one of the big issues for UK economic recovery from coronavirus would be relief
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There is an opportunity for a large fiscal stimulus
I thought it worth sharing this tweet: https://twitter.com/summerton_econ/status/1276102335375249409 The comment in question is in an appendix, here and to help enlarge it a little it says:
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