I have mentioned I gave an Ebor lecture in York tonight and I have to say thanks to my hosts at York St John’s University;
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This is a brilliant new video from Inequality Briefing Sop much for social justice. So much for fairness. Data sources are linked here. And the
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As the FT reports this morning: France’s parliament has passed a law preventing internet booksellers from offering free delivery to customers, in an attempt to
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This has just been posted as a comment on my blog and I have a strong suspicion that Dafydd Robert’s (who wrote it) logic is
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It’s a little ironic that as the UK demands fair treatment for Gibraltar from Spain it has had to itself declare war on Gibraltar as
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John Harris has a fascinating analysis of what’s wrong with Labour in the Guardian this morning: I recommend it. I think that the piece includes
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I have for a long time, along with Ronen Palan, John Christensen, Nick Shaxson and others, argued that tax haven activity is in part about
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Buy-to-let property ownership is rising, most of it fuelled by cheap loans. According to HMRC this is a major area of tax fraud. Large numbers
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As the Guardian has noted this morning: Britain’s buy-to-let mortgage market has surged to levels not seen since the 2008 financial crash, prompting fears that
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