The Washington Post has reported that: About two-thirds of corporations operating in the United States did not pay taxes annually from 1998 to 2005, according
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Shinawatra has to go back
The Guardian has reported: The former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra skipped bail yesterday and fled to exile in Britain, claiming he could not expect
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The pension model is broken – so let’s fix it
It’s reported that: The UK’s Pension Protection Fund faced a total shortfall of £80.1bn ($153bn) at the end of July from pension schemes in deficit,
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Only one?
The FT has reported: Institutional investors expect another big financial firm will collapse within the next six months in the continued fallout from the credit
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Don’t they know London died as a financial centre in April?
The FT has reported that: TIAA-CREF, one of the world’s biggest money managers, is to open its first overseas office by setting up a base
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for August 11th
These are my links for August 11th: PwC should quit Rock audit, demand Lib Dems – Accountancy Age – Hear, hear Cayman hedge funds pass
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How far will the neo-liberals spin?
I have a lot of time for Citizens for Tax Justice (CTJ) in the USA: most people have a lot of time for CTJ: few
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Is the IFS a neo-liberal hot bed?
I’ve already shown in my blogs, and the IFS have now admitted that their proposal that VAT be applied to all goods and services at
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The IFS is wrong: one VAT rate is highly distortionary
As I mentioned in an earlier blog, I’ve been led to believe that the Institute for Fiscal Studies are having some difficulty with the criticisms
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