The PWC employee behind LuxLeaks should not be charged
Wednesday, December 24th, 2014The following letter, to which I am a signatory, is in the Guardian this morning. I am not sure I need to add to what
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Badging tax risk
Wednesday, November 5th, 2014Jolyon Maugham has made another interesting contribution to tax debate on his blog, using the above title. I suspect this is in advance of the
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Academics Stand Against Poverty
Saturday, September 20th, 2014I have been pleased to support the call of Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP) in launching a petition campaign calling on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
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Making Scottish corporation tax work
Friday, September 5th, 2014Whatever happens on September 18 I am quite sure that Scotland is going to flex its tax muscles sometime in the near future. In our
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Believing that the self interest of tax professionals will save the US corporation tax is not a basis for hope
Wednesday, August 27th, 2014Martin Wolf had this to say in the FT this morning: Limited-liability, privately owned joint-stock companies are the core institutions of modern capitalism. These entities are
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We can't burn our way to growth
Wednesday, June 18th, 2014Martin Wolf makes an observation in the FT this morning that my friend and Green New Deal colleague Jeremy Leggett has been making for some
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When the state's the only effective actor it has to deliver a confident performance
Wednesday, May 14th, 2014I am well aware that I refer to Martin Wolf’s column in the FT quite often. I do so unapologetically: it is the best economics
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The core of the crisis is about a shortfall in aggregate demand - but not for public services
Thursday, May 8th, 2014Martin 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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Money, banks and credit: a dilemma in need of an answer
Monday, April 28th, 2014Andrew Fisher of the Left Economic Advisory Panel (LEAP) has written a blog in which he analyses recent disputes breaking out on what to do
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