Seven chapters of the Joy of Tax are written. The eighth is well under way. There are three weeks left to finish them all if
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I can imagine a form of capitalism I could live with
I was engaged in a Twitter exchange yesterday in which Giles Wilkes of the FT said that he thought that at some time Aditya Chakrabortty
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If only Greece was a company this crisis would be over in days
It is almost bizarre to note that the Guardian is carrying a story this morning that says Greece’s debt is unpayable whatever happens now. This
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Juncker, and me
Why do the least well off still have the highest tax rate in the UK?
The latest data on household incomes and tax paid produced by the ONS has been neatly summarised in the Independent this morning and I am
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I’d vote No in Greece
Joseph Stiglitz, Paul Mason and Aditya Chakrabortty all make clear what the issue is in Greece. All imply where there hearts lie. They would vote
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Just suppose Greece was a state facing imminent collapse….
The whole debate about Greece is about bankers, creditors, payments, tax and budgets. It shows how warped our world is. Greece is a country facing
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Why can’t we do space any more?
A private sector space mission blew up yesterday. It was not the first: this is the third mission of significance to do so recently. What’s happening? Has
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The truth is out: companies set UK tax policy and they’re doing all they can to keep it that way
Simon Bowers of the Guardian missed a great tax conference on Friday, staged by the Tax Justice Network. He went to the Oxford Centre for Business Taxation
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