I have teenage sons. As is usual for such beings they have just remembered that Christmas involves giving as well as receiving presents. So they
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Why is the ACCA employing someone as Head of Audit and Assurance who has just been fined for professional misconduct by the ICAEW?
On 6 December this year the Investigations Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales published the following statement: Why share
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Person of the year?
The FT has named Donald Trump its person of the year. It made me wonder who I would name if I had to do so.
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A record year for this blog
Sometime in the last few minutes someone gave me a record year on this blog. 2016 has now delivered the highest annual traffic I have
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Moaning isn’t good enough: get out and do something
You may be offended by this. But large parts of it are spot on: The left hasn’t got an argument. It doesn’t persuade anyone. And
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A funding update
As from 1 November 2016 I am employed 3.5 days a week as Professor of Practice in International Political Economy at City, University of London.
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Fog, cancelled trains and blogging
I am heading for Oxford to discuss country-by-country reporting for two days and before you say it, that is my idea of fun. But fog
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A note to those using silly pseudonyms
As usual some who might politely be called idiots are offering me comment for publication on the blog. Many, some offering superficially sensible comment, are
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COFFERS: the next three years of my research
Every now and again I have to provide new information on my sources of funding as these change over time. Another change is now imminent.
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