I had a long, and enjoyable, discussion on the impact and consequences of wealth inequality in the UK yesterday. Who with does not matter: at
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It’s Tuesday so it must be Paris
There have only been three Tuesday's this year and this will be my second in Paris. Today's meeting is on how to provide tax relief
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Ebola, inequality and lobbying: tales of gain and big pharma
This is from Oxfam’s new report on inequality, out today: Companies have responded positively to the Ebola crisis: some pharmaceutical companies are investing in research
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Quantitative easing: socialism for the rich in action
There is a fair description of quantitative easing as it has been practiced in the UK and as it is likely to be practiced in Europe.
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The Fair Tax Mark’s top CSR director
I have belatedly noticed that Global CEO magazine has concluded its survey of top CSR directors and has reported: Our CSR poll has ended and
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Davos needs to get its head around wealth taxation
It’s Davos time: the moment in the neoliberal calendar when he high priests of exploitation gather to celebrate their ability to pillage on behalf of
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Money no obstacle for Europe: Green QE and fair tax funded infrastructure can replace austerity’s ‘road to ruin’
The Green New Deal Group launched a new report today on the need for Green Infrastructure Quantitative Easing and the collection of money owed by tax
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Osborne: the newly converted fan of government debt
Who would have thought it? George Osborne is the new, and apparently the biggest, fan of government debt. Ad the Guardian report this morning: More
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Beware devolved tax powers because those on lowest income pay most as a result
There are those who think that devolving tax powers to individual parts of the UK will be economically beneficial. I do think that is possible
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