The FT headline (in an email) Martin’s Wolf’s article today using these words: These are dangerous times. The US and eurozone may be on the
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What would happen if the US defaulted?
The US right wing is threatening to push the whole world economy into crisis – and yet the issue seems to have hardly been mentioned
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Please don’t spin us lies Barack, we don’t appreciate them
Barack Obama in Westminster Hall today said: In an era defined by the rapid flow of commerce and information, it is our free market tradition,
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How can you sue a bank for breach of public trust when they think that’s their raison d’etre?
The FT reports: The US justice department has sued Deutsche Bank for more than $1bn, accusing the German lender and a subsidiary of lying their way
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The US needs to tell switzerland precisely where it can shove its proposed tax deal
Switzerland seems to never give up in its pursuit of abuse – and in its ability to deliver misinformation. Swissinfo has reported: Switzerland has proposed it impose a
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You have a budget deficit – but you ban the hiring of new tax agents. Now why would you do that?
The US budget went though in the end. There was the inevitable horse trading. One important part – to get the deal through the Republicans
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The US is waking up to the fact that large corporations and the rich are taking it for a tax ride
It’s encouraging to see the plethora of articles in the US on the subject of corporate tax abuse. I’ve just published some data on this
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Key US tax facts as the right wing tries to shut down the government
I thought these comparisons pretty telling from the US Institute for Policy Studies: Key USTax Facts 15,753: The number of households in 1961 with $1
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What did the States do to deserve its politicians?
I loved this that arrived in my inbox from the FT this morning: In a democracy people are supposed to get the politicians they deserve.
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