I noticed this Tweet yesterday: Labour's unfunded spending pledges add up to more than £20bn a year, @theipaper analysis suggests – equivalent of a 3p
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This is from the Guardian this morning: University Vice Chancellors (who, as a group, are by far the biggest winners from the current system of
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I am taking part in a discussion on central bank digital currencies (CBDC) this evening. The event brings together these speakers 6pm on Zoom: –
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This blog has had its best quarter, which is weird, as we have only had two months of it so far, with June still to
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I have published a new podcast this morning in which I seek to explain the role of tax in government financing, society and the economy,
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The FT notes this morning that: We are all, of course, aware that this is not true for all companies. Equally, it is appropriate to
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There appears to remain some confusion in financial markets as to the direction of interest rates, with a lot of mortgage products being withdrawn over
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The government has got itself into a complete mess over the Covid inquiry. There is no one to blame but itself. As I noted yesterday,
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Investment adviser Hargreaves Lansdown sent me a press release this morning, which despite my best efforts I cannot find on the web. In it, they
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