I share this press release from Tax Justice UK this morning, whose advisory board I serve on: Clear majority of British public support higher taxes
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The Green New Deal requires wealth taxation
I noted yesterday the questions that might appropriately be asked about the future of capitalism. I suggested it is in crisis because right wing politicians
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Should we tax wealth?
This is a question raised at the Tax Justice Network conference yesterday, largely as it is an issue that is the focus of much of
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Labour’s holiday home tax suggests it has some way to go before it has a coherent tax policy on housing
As the Guardian has reported: Plans for a new levy on tens of thousands of second homes have been drawn up by Labour in a move designed to
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It’s time to tax wealth, and land in particular
As the Guardian reported yesterday: Official figures showed that the UK’s net worth rose by £492bn between 2016 and 2017 to £10.2tn, with the lion’s share
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Why we need a wealth tax
A commentator called Derek Henry suggested I give this site a plug: It’s worth reading. My favourite quote comes from Stephanie Kelton: You don’t tax the
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Funding a sovereign wealth fund
The Guardian reports that IPPR is continuing with its work in tax and related reforms and has suggested: All UK-born citizens should be given £10,000
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It’s time to tax wealth
There has been some welcome discussion of wealth taxation of late. Given the scale of wealth inequality in society this is overdue. But in this
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Winning the Tax Wars
I am co-author of the chapter on wealth taxation in this new book: The book came out of a conference at the World Bank in
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