One of my pleasures in life these days is not travelling nearly as much as I used to. The only way in which this blog
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Wiley published this yesterday: This paper has been in the making for about six years, and I offer my thanks to Len and, most especially,
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I read a pile of complete nonsense about inheritance tax yesterday. It was included in an email sent to me by somebody called Nigel Green,
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Introduction I keep getting comments from people who claim that my suggestion that banks do not use funds deposited with them to make loans is
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The National posted this video by me on their channel this afternoon: This is the transcript: It’s August, and so inevitably in Scotland we get
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This is from the FT this morning: Almost three-quarters of HSBC’s Hong Kong commercial property loan book was flashing warning signs by the end of
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People say Rachel Reeves faces a £40bn “black hole” in the UK budget. She is hinting at tax rises — but that gap could be
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I’ve spent 50 years studying profit as an accountant, economist, and political economist. And here’s the truth: almost no one understands what profit really is,
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The FT has reported this in a newsletter this morning: Big Tech has eased investor concerns about its historic spending binge on artificial intelligence, posting quarterly
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