As if to follow up the publication of Oliver James’ new book ‘Selfish Capitalism’ (about which I wrote here), the FT has reported that: More
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It’s a fact that we cannot do without taxes. That’s because we cannot do without government. And we cannot do without markets either, at least
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One of my Jersey correspondents tells me that the public’s repulsion for the regressive GST (Goods and Services Tax) to be introduced in Jersey in
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I note that Nick Shaxson has re-christened the Channel Islands the Selfish Isles on the TJN blog, and ne’er was a name so well chosen.
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I have complained about BBC Jersey in the past, here and elsewhere. So, fairness where it is due: they not only quote me here, they
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We have to ask ourselves: are we, as a government, morally bankrupt when we are taxing pensioners on a loaf of bread? So said Alan
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Jersey has a tax gap of, give or take, £95 million as a result of it moving to Zero / 10 taxation of companies. There
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I feel sorry for the French. 24.5% VAT is not going to help their economy in any way. But Sarkozy has conned them into it.
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The report I wrote on the UK’s enormous subsidy to the Isle of Man did, unsurprisingly, attract attention in Jersey. At least two politicians asked
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