I received the following comment on the blog when discussing wealth taxation. I thought it was worth considering it in more depth and so reproduce
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I have noted concerns on growing wealth inequality this morning, here and here. Over the weekend I also published references to the call I made
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As the Guardian notes in an editorial this morning: As research for the Resolution Foundation this weekend shows, the rich are back. While the rest of
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I was discussing wealth taxation with some of my students yesterday: it is an issue on which they want to work. By chance I was
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A Tory MP has suggested the solution to the NHS crisis is to increase National Insurance. It is staggering how wrong such a person can
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There has been a marked absence of willing to tax wealth in the UK. I have always felt this a serious error of judgement and
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This is a summary of my slides on wealth tax for a presentation at the World Bank this morning but they may not represent all
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The Telegraph has an artcle this morning on a new paper for the IMF from Harvard professors Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff. Now these two have
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The Office for National Statistics published a survey on inheritance in the UK for the years 2008 to 2010 yesterday. It’s a telling report. As they
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