Financialisation and productivity: there are worrying trends in the data
Tuesday, April 28th, 2020This was posted today by the Productivity Insights Network which was established in January 2018 and is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. I
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The March Taxcast from the Tax Justice Network
Friday, March 20th, 2020In this month’s Tax Justice Network Taxcast: How many more signs do we need to tell us we must urgently reform our economies, keep essential services
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The BBC licence fee is a tax. It's a bad tax. But taxes have to be upheld or you're on a slippery slope
Thursday, February 6th, 2020The debate on the BBC and the licence fee was fuelled by Nicky Morgan yesterday. Morgan said the licence fee will last until 2027. Thereafter
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies is a reactionary force in economics
Saturday, November 23rd, 2019The Guardian has an editorial today in which they say: Economics dominates public debate while being seen as an abstract authority over which people have
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Thoughts on carbon taxes
Thursday, May 9th, 2019I was asked my thoughts on carbon taxes yesterday. I prepared this rather quick note, which explains why I am unenamoured of them and think
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The Destination Based Cash Flow Tax is a terrible idea
Wednesday, March 20th, 2019Nick Shaxson has a post on the Tax Justice Network blog explaining why the destination based cash flow tax (DBCFT) is a terrible idea as
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The best way to reform corporation tax? That's the only basis that reflects where all their activities take place
Monday, March 18th, 2019A found an odd postscript to last week’s exchanges with Mike Devereux on corporation tax reform in the letter’s page of the FT where I
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Destination based corporation taxation is a fantasist’s unicorn
Wednesday, March 13th, 2019As I noted on Monday, I did, along with others, have a letter in the FT criticising the proposal that Martin Wolf made for the
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Corporation tax reform cannot be its replacement with a VAT
Monday, March 11th, 2019I (with others) have a letter in the FT this morning: Reform would be little more than additional VAT From Professor Richard Murphy and others
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