As I have already noted today, Oxfam are arguing in a report that they have issued that in the US, the wealthiest one percent captured
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The inevitable backlash against tax reform has begun. It’s civil society’s job to fight back
It was almost inevitable that at some time big business, with its ability to command almost untold sums in lobbying budgets, would fight back against
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It’s time to address the finance curse
Dr Atul Shah is a senior lecturer in accounting & finance at the University Campus Suffolk. A long time supporter of tax justice, he has
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Working for the few: Oxfam on political capture and economic inequality in the run up to Davos
Oxfam have a powerful new report out this morning. Called ‘Working for the few’ the summary is as follows: In November 2013, the World Economic
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Is giving away the UK’s revenue from tracking taxes unfair state aid?
I noted recently the UK’s inadequate tax response to energy issues, having frittered the revenues of North Sea oil away, and now planning to forsake
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Chinese conundrums
I couldn’t help noticing this contract in an email from the FT this morning: The idea that economies can cool whilst house prices rise may
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Three things missing from Ed Miliband’s speech on banking
The following blog was posted by the New Economics Foundation on its website today in response to Ed Miliband’s speech on banking. I thought it
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Why is Volker Becker of Npower on the board of HMRC?
The Mirror reports this morning that: A fatcat who helped energy firm Npower’s owners avoid millions of pounds in tax now sits on the board of HM
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Why Miliband is right to go for the banks
If you want to know why Miliband is right to go for the banks this headline, referring to an article by Philip Stephens in the
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