Tim Worstall and his friends on the libertarian far right have had a fun time over Christmas. It would seem they have decided that I
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My attention has been drawn to an Adam Smith Institute (ASI) report of 24 November in which they suggested the personal allowance for all people
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Goldman Sachs paid tax at an effective rate of 0.6% in the year to 30 November 2008. If that is replicated this year that means
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Everyone else seems to be calling it the Green New Deal. Why shouldn’t I? It’s what we need.

These are my links for January 2nd: FT.com / Companies / Financials – Danger of persistent deflation is seen as low – I agree on
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Do the far right have no shame? This from Bob Bauman of the Sovereign Society: [A]s the more observant well know, the bogeyman concept can
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These are my links for January 1st: Tax Justice Network: Tax, citizenship, and the school curriculum – Tax on the national curriculum? Yes please!

James Galbraith (son of J K Galbraith) has written for Bloomberg: This is the first full-fledged credit collapse and debt deflation since 1930, bringing with
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I agree with Gordon Brown (for a change): When the history books come to be written – 2008 will largely be remembered for the scale
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