Next time QE has to be green
Tuesday, February 19th, 2019The FT had an article yesterday by Michael Howell, who is the managing director of CrossBorder Capital. I thought the summary of his argument was interesting:
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We, the undersigned, support our children who are striking for the environment
Thursday, February 14th, 2019I was a signatory to this letter in the Guardian, and have made my own sons aware of my views: We, the undersigned academics, stand
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National Investment Banks: a lecture by Professor Stephany Griffith-Jones 29 January 2019
Friday, January 11th, 2019I have known Professor Stephany Griffith-Jones for some time. We are now both members of the Progressive Economy Forum, for whom she is presenting a
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Why Michael Cohen deserves three years
Thursday, December 13th, 2018Trump’s lawyer is going to serve just three years in prison for his crimes. The attention is on his crimes for Trump, but actually he is
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What next? My guess
Friday, November 16th, 2018What now seems a very long time ago, on 19 June 2016, I wrote about what I thought would happen in the event that the
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Country-by-country reporting could raise £2.5 billion a year for the UK. So why aren't we using it?
Thursday, October 25th, 2018This post was written by Alex Cobham, chief executive of the Tax Justice Network and originally posted on their blog: 15 years ago the Tax Justice Network proposed
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Beating the tax gap
Wednesday, September 19th, 2018I am on my way to Brussels this morning to speak at an EU Parliament event organised by the Socialist and Democrats Group of MEPs
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Climate change is real. We must not offer credibility to those who deny it
Monday, August 27th, 2018The following letter was published in The Guardian last night under the heading: If ‘balance’ means giving voice to those who deny the reality of human-triggered
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It’s always the lies that get them in the end
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018It’s not bad luck that results in two senior US presidential advisers being either found, or pleading, guilty to corruption charges in a single day.
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