This is balanced discussion. Thanks Paul. You have realised I always meant to mix fiscal and monetary policy. Why is it so hard for others to
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Taxes for revenue are obsolete
John Christensen of the Tax Justice Network has just drawn my attention to this extraordinary article: The article is extraordinary for four reasons. The first is
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Holding pension funds to accounts
Four things have reminded me of a blog I wrote earlier this year in holding pension funds to account for the actions they take on
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People’s Pensions – an idea whose time has come?
The second campaigning document I co-authored was with Colin Hines and Alan Simpson (then an MP). It was published in 2003. It was entitled People’s
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The political economy of People’s Quantitative Easing
I have, over the last few days, posted a series of blogs all of which ultimately lead to this one. What I have been seeking
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Labour needs to take tax seriously
For the first time ever, I think, in the history of this blog the following piece is jointly authored, in this case by me and
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This is not about protest: this is about change
Gordon Brown appealed to Labour yesterday to not become a party of protest. I am not a member of the Labour Party and he once
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Capping tax relief on FTSE 100 directors’ pay could raise £227 million. What could that be used for?
As the FT has reported this morning: Chief executives of Britain’s top-100 listed companies earned 183 times the salaries of the average UK worker last
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The deficit narrative: understanding is the key to successfully reframing it
I have argued for longer than I probably care to remember that the last thing we need in our economy right now is a balanced
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