Nick Shaxson, the author of Treasure Islands which is the most popular book on tax havens, has a new book out. This is the press
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The IMF thinks there is a risk of a new global financial crisis. These things do, however, require tipping points. Here are tow potential such
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Two headlines this morning. This from the FT: And this from the Guardian: Only one of these expressions of confidence or a lack of it can
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Hans Hoogervorst, the chair of the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation, has written in the FT this morning arguing that: [Some critics of accounting standards
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According to Theresa May austerity has ended. According to Philip Hammond it has not. I know who I believe. And it is not the Prime Minister.
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I enjoyed my debate with Arthur Laffer yesterday. I admit I enjoyed winning. If this was tax competition then I was in it for only
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I mentioned this morning that I was debating the faults of tax competition with Arthur Laffer in the appropriate environment of the OECD today. That
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I had dinner at the OECD last night. I was told there were prime ministers and billionaires in the room. They all looked like human
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I have just had breakfast with Arthur Laffer. You know of him: he’s the creator of the Curve. And most amusing it was too. We
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