We have been told for several years that the big concern in the economy is the structural deficit. I never agreed. I was never even
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The European Union Savings Tax Directive has just one goal – which is the beating of tax evasion. Introduced in 2005, the aim was to share
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George Osborne’s hypocrisy knows no limits. As the Guardian reports: George Osborne has defended his plans to offer tax-free childcarevouchers worth up to £1,200 a year
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As the Guardian reports this morning: The number of criminal prosecutions for tax evasion more than doubled in the UK during the last tax year,
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Martin Wolf has reviewed Mariana Mazzucato’s new book ‘The Entrepreneurial State’ in the FT today. He says of it: Conventional economics offers abstract models; conventional wisdom
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I liked this paragraph in the Observer this morning: The 7UP tin is quite an artefact. It shows capitalism at its most efficient and rapacious:
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As the FT has reported this afternoon: Spain will be stuck with an unemployment rate above 25 per cent for at least five more years,
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As Andrew Goodall, a long time supporter of tax justice has noted on his blog: Taxing multinationals: Lords committee sets out the case for unitary
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A few years ago I wrote an April Fool’s spoof suggesting that a tax haven had been established in space. Now I note on Martin
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