As the FT has noted this morning: Start-up failures in the US have jumped by 60 per cent over the past year, as founders run
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Words can incite hate
I read this yesterday in the conclusion to a newsletter from the Institute for Economic Affairs: Speech is not violence. Words cannot injure or compel
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Rachel Reeves would make a mess of any household’s finances
I have published this video this morning. In it I note Rachel Reeves keeps saying that we should manage the economy as if it were
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How long will Rachel Reeves last in office?
The Observer editorial says Labour cannot deliver without changing its fiscal rules: In the paper, Bill Keegan joins the theme: Reeves can ignore blogs like
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There is nothing in a tax haven
In this morning’s video I address the topic that, long ago, really got this blog going, which is tax havens. I note that I keep
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It was a day for a walk
It was a day for a walk: It was worth keeping to the cool shade. It was hot out there: There were red admirals to
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Never forget Labour’s ugly biases
As the FT noted a couple of days ago: Minouche Shafik, the president of Columbia University in New York, has resigned following months of criticism
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We need to reform inheritance tax now if rising inequality is to be tackled
The FT had an article yesterday in which it referred to what it called the great wealth transfer. As it noted: Over the next 20
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The national debt need never be repaid
In this morning’s video I note that the national debt is widely misunderstood. The reality is that this is not a burden. It underpins UK
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