The UK’s not capable of holding bankers to account
My friend and co-author Prof Prem Sikka has the following blog on The Conversation website. I share it with permission: Iceland has sent four former
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Tax relationships that no longer hold true
I recently noted Duncan Weldon’s assessment of a new economic paradigm and economic relationships that no longer hold true. I have a strong suspicion that
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Sea change moments and post-crash political economy
A political economist I much admire, and with whom I have co-authored, is Andrew Bake at Queen’s University, Belfast. He has a new post on
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Sub-optimally we muddle along quite nicely. It’s a pity the Treasury haven’t noticed
Philip Stephens has a good column in the FT this morning. In it he argues that throughout his time at the FT there have been
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There’s almost nothing that the average corporate finance director could add to the value of government
As the FT notes this morning: The Treasury is poised to scour the nation’s boardrooms as it searches for a new finance chief able to
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The social security system exposed
To whoever my 20,000th Twitter follower was – thank you
I noticed this on my Twitter account a few minutes ago: I have gone over 20,000 Twitter followers. Thanks to whoever tipped me over. It
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Austerity is a con: the failings of capitalism have been hijacked to attack social security
Luke Thomas, a cancer research scientist with a fascination for stats and a social conscience, has given me permission to reproduce this blog: From 2008
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