Martin Wolf may not have written that r > g and so has not, as yet, achieved Thomas Piketty’s status as alternative economist of the moment,
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Even the FT thinks the UK may be turning into a tax haven
It has been a fairly persistent theme on this blog for some time that George Osborne has been turning the UK into a tax haven.
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The Board Charter needs to go further to be useful
Mid-tier accounting firm Mazars are seeking to make a name for themselves in the world of business ethics. As a result they have, for example,
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Google wants its shareholders to vote against ethical taxation
The Domini Social Equity Fund in the USA and its partners have submitted a shareholder proposal to Google for its annual meeting on May 14th urging it to
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Why the Gini coefficient underestimates wealth
I wrote about inequality here yesterday and the usual range of nearly anonymous right wing trolls and astroturfers were out in force to say that
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For those who say where something is owned does not matter, please explain why Pfizer is so keen on tax havens
I note many on the right are claiming who owns a company, and where, does not matter. The context is, if course, the Pfizer bid
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Why is the government forecasting many more people will pay inheritance tax?
Whilst doing my day job (that is, tax research) I noted some odd data on the number of people HMRC think will be paying inheritance
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Ownership matters, a very great deal
I noted this headline in the FT’s emails this morning, and without ever actually reading the related article I have to say I fundamentally disagree
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It’s not just inequality that is rising rapidly; insecurity is too
The Resolution Foundation has a new report out on the earnings of the self-employed. As they note: Our analysis finds that self-employed weekly earnings are
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