I’ve already suggested today that there’s pretty strong evidence that living in a state which has a high overall level of tax is likely to
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I wrote recently about a question asked on this blog about whether more state spending does produce benefit for those living in a jurisdiction. I
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The IMF has understood the definition of economic crisis: International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said Monday that there won’t be an end to
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I have noted the extensive discussion on one of my blogs concerning the value of public services. A PWC director named Gary Taylor is challenging
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From the TUC: There is an alternative to the current mania for public spending cuts. The coalition Government has said that reducing the deficit in
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As the Guardian notes: Britain’s coalition government clocked up a record trade deficit in its first three months in office, according to official figures released
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The OECD has issued new growth forecasts. Or to put it another way — it says growth is disappearing fast. So George Osborne — who
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The FT notes: President Barack Obama on Wednesday took Republicans to task over their economic “values” as he promotes an $180bn package of proposals to
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Gideon Rachman in the FT says: The vanity of economists needs to be challenged. Above all, their claim to scientific rigour — buttressed by models
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