With a growing threat from Trump what the world needs now are champions of democracy. In this country, we have Keir Starmer.
Thursday, November 9th, 2023Martin Wolf had an article in the FT earlier this week in which he asked what the impact of a second Trump presidency of the
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To my angry and disgusted commentator: a reply
Sunday, November 5th, 2023This comment was posted on the blog this morning in response to my article on Tory proposals to crack down on extremism: It’s always about
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The government has abandoned a new law that would have massively reduced the risk to savers from investing in UK companies - because the companies did not want to stop the abuse it would have prevented
Tuesday, October 17th, 2023The Tory government has backtracked on another of its promises today. I accept that for most people, the abandonment of a commitment to enhance corporate
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We are going to need to talk about taxing wealth in 2024: no serious political debate can avoid the issue
Monday, September 18th, 2023Martin Wolf wrote this in an article in the FT yesterday. I have edited it lightly without changing the meaning: The British must not get
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Britain is not a highly taxed country
Monday, September 18th, 2023This chart was included in a Martin Wolf article in the FT yesterday, but is worth noting in its own right: The pretence that the
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Land value taxation is a non-starter when it comes to serious tax reform
Tuesday, August 8th, 2023A commentator going by the name of Joe Polito has posted on the blog this morning suggesting that a desirable tax reform would be to
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Pension investment could help transform this country. Pension saving cannot. It's a fundamental point that has to be understood.
Monday, July 24th, 2023Martin Wolf had an article in the FT, published yesterday that began by saying: He then lamented three things. The first is that we have
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We need a new economics. But who will pay attention when most people are paid to adhere to the economics that is failing us?
Monday, July 10th, 2023It is a morning of very mixed messages on the economy. According to the FT: Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will on Monday set out a series
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There is no justification for releasing hell on earth for millions
Monday, June 26th, 2023Martin Wolf wrote an article for the FT that began by saying: At this stage in the inflationary process, a central bank needs to show
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