From the FT: The Church of England has vowed to vote against outsized bonuses and short-term incentives as it tries to revive the spirit of last
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Is Windows 8 just cumber?
The FT has reported this morning that: Microsoft has given the strongest signal to date of a change of heart over its new Windows 8 operating
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Is asking whether austerity works the most ridiculous question of the day?
As the FT notes this morning: Mr Osborne’s austerity programme, which now extends until 2018, has put him in the front line of a global
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Why we need a new macroeconomic strategy
The New Economics Foundation has a new version of its publication ‘Why we need a new macroeconomic strategy’ out. As they say: Four years on from
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nPower’s tax and why 38 Degrees are right to protest
I am intrigued by an issue developing as a result of the discovery that nPower has not paid tax in the UK for at least
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When economists are wrong we all suffer. And we now know the debt obsession is wholly misplaced
Two economists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Robert Pollin and Michael Ash, have written in the FT today, saying: In 2010, two Harvard economists published an academic
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The Isle of Man is seeking to replace the BVI as China’s favourite tax haven
The China Daily has a lovely headline over a story which says: Isle of Man assists with China outward investment And it gushingly continues: John
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The end of the Phillips Curve?
It was long held (although often disputed) that there was an inverse relationship between pay rises and employment. This was explained by something called the
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There’s now a real risk of a fascist state in the EU
One of my big concerns is the rise of fascism. I think that’s justified for two reasons; the first is what fascism is and represents and the
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