Rachel Reeves will be presenting her Budget on November 26, if the Labour government of which she is a part lasts that long. I will be
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Britain’s oil, gas and finance curses
In 1993, the economist Richard Auty coined the term “resource curse” to describe the paradox that countries with abundant natural resources often grow more slowly
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The Alternative Budget 2025, Part 8: Abolishing national insurance
Rachel Reeves will be presenting her Budget on November 26, if the Labour government of which she is a part lasts that long. I will
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Does taxing the wealthy control inflation?
I was asked recently by an email correspondent if a government that uses taxes to control inflation will always end up taxing the middle class
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Why Rachel Reeves is making a mess of things
I was invited onto LBC Radio this morning to discuss whether we needed a Budget. Presenter Matthew Wright, who seems to be keen to have
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Economic questions: the Thomas Piketty question
This is one of a series of posts that will ask what the most pertinent question raised by a prominent influencer of political economy might have been,
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Should we tax the rich
I was sent this video to review by its creator this week. I know who he is. I offered comments to him, but also asked
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Gary Stevenson and the failure of the left
As readers here will know, the weekend before last, Gary Stevenson admitted that he did not know how to create a wealth tax and would
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The TUC says the public support higher taxes on wealth
The TUC published this press release yesterday, and I am going to share it as they published it, because I think it is interesting enough
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