The FT has an article by Gideon Rachman this morning which is headlined as follows: I’d suggest that is unsurprising. The idea of markets
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At the OECD today
I’m at the OECD today. No doubt BEPS will be on my agenda. But so is tax evasion. A lot of effort has been and
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The Magic Kingdom
My friend and fellow tax justice campaigner Dan Hind has a new book out. It’s called The Magic Kingdom. Normally I would not comment on
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Let’s get quantitative easing in perspective – because it could be the foundation of our future
There’s a lot of debate on quantitative easing going on right now. It’s being seen as the magic bullet that might revive the Eurozone. It might.
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This is our task for 2015, whatever else you’ve got on
Tomorrow is the day when work starts again for most people in the UK. Before it does let’s just think about what we need to
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Cuts are crippling HMRC and that’s deliberate
The Guardian reports this morning that: Figures published by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) show that the average time people spent waiting in a phone
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How can I put this subtly?
The FT has reported that its annual survey of economists has found that: Britain faces years of steeper public borrowing, slower debt reduction and higher taxes
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What I want in 2015: sensible debate on tax
I shouldn’t be depressed by debate on tax, but I almost invariably am whenever a politician or an economist discusses the issue. Since most economists
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Unstable disequilibrium
I was intending to blog today. But the title of this blog describes my relationship with my stomach during the last 24 hours. So maybe
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