As I have already mentioned, I was away for a long weekend. I was in Chichester, a city I last visited many decades ago. I
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Starmer’s already given up
Having been away for a long weekend – and, as usual, having kept the blog going despite supposedly being on holiday – I am now
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The FT needs to improve its financial literacy on the tax gap
The FT has an editorial headline this morning that says: I was pleased to see it, given that the tax gap has been an issue
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The return of the Mile End Road economists
As I noted in June, I was very surprised that my old friend Danny Blanchflower had signed a letter to the Guardian by a range of
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Land value taxation is not a panacea
In this morning’s video, I put forward an idea that will not, I know, please everyone. I suggest that land value taxation (LVT) is not
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Why is the world so binary?
I have published this video this morning. In it, I note that politicians like to pretend that we live in a binary world. It’s us
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KPMG are the very last people to train civil servants – but that’s what they’re going to do
August Bank Holiday Monday is no a day for news, as this morning’s emails are confirming. But then I noticed that this headline had slipped
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What politicians need to know about decision making
I have published this video this morning. In it, I note that you would think politicians should be good at decision-making, but they aren’t. Of
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