Most people think tax pays for government spending. It doesn’t. In a modern monetary economy, governments that issue their own currency spend first and tax
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There are moments when the institutions of law have to remind governments that they are not kings. Yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling on the legality of
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Chris Giles, the long-time economic commentator in the FT, noted in an article published this morning that: When it comes to tax changes, the word
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Limited liability is treated as harmless legal plumbing, but it is one of the most powerful privileges granted to wealth in the UK and around
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I recently recorded another Funding the Future podcast with John Christensen, with whom I have discussed tax justice and corruption for more than twenty-five years.
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Why does Britain feel poorer, more unequal and less productive than it should be? In this Funding the Future podcast, I speak with John Christensen,
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Neoliberalism did not just “happen”. It was planned, funded, and carefully rolled out over decades. In this conversation with John Christensen, co-founder of the Tax
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It was pointed out to me earlier this week that the glossary lacked an entry on globalisation. The following list makes up for that deficiency.
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The FT has published an article with the headline: Can Europe still afford its generous state pensions? At the core of the argument the piece
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