The FT has reported this morning that the US Fed has backtracked on its commitment to shrink its balance sheet. Over the last year or
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The EU tax gap in FT Alphaville
The FT’s Alphaville site features my work on tax evasion this morning. Access is free. As they note: According to tax campaigner Richard Murphy’s new
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HMRC has almost halved the number of transfer pricing investigations in the last five years
In January this year HM Revenue & Customs launches a new tax amnesty for large businesses in the UK. As I noted at the time:
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The New Statesman: making up stories about modern monetary theory
The New Statesman published this article last night: In the article it is said that: Stephanie Kelton, a former economic adviser to the Democratic US presidential
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Government debt v climate apocalypse: a battle that can have only one winner
As Zac Carter has noted in The Huffington Post: One priority the Green New Deal does not include? Balancing the federal budget. Neither the Green
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What should a neoliberal do? Save the planet or balance the government’s budget?
Simon Wren-Lewis has written about funding the Green New Deal today. His answer is borrowing (which is no surprise given the structure of Labour’s fiscal rule,
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Say what you pay with pride
‘Say what you pay with pride’ is the theme of this year’s Fair Tax Week: There is more here. For those who do not know,
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The Brexit job losses are beginning to hit
I wrote this days before the Referendum: In fact I would argue recession is unavoidable. Investment in the UK will go on hold during renegotiation.
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Next time QE has to be green
The FT had an article yesterday by Michael Howell, who is the managing director of CrossBorder Capital. I thought the summary of his argument was interesting:
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