I spent too much time last evening reading speeches by members of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee whilst simultaneously watching coverage of former
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Bail out society and the planet, not just the banks
This blog post was written by my Finance for the Future and Green New Deal colleague Colin Hines and was first published on the Green
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Who is trusted? Labour v the Tories
I thought this polling data issued at lunchtime today was interesting: The Tories are ahead in everything you would not want to win in, whilst
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The impact of inflation
The IMF published a paper yesterday highlighting some of the impacts of inflation. Some were totally predictable: It will be no surprise to anyone that
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Big business gets its Covid bonanza
As the FT notes this morning: Up to £30bn could be wiped from UK corporate pension scheme liabilities owing to one of the biggest falls
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Do we need an investment income surcharge to level the playing field in UK taxation?
I referred to the need to tax capital gains at higher rates yesterday if any party was serious about tackling inequality in the UK. This
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It is time the accounting profession – and big business – took the environment seriously
As the FT has noted this morning: They added: As part of a raft of green measures announced on last week, the UK government said
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Should capital gains be charged to tax at the same rate used for income from work?
It was depressing to hear Labour Shadow Minister Stephen Reed tell Andrew Neil yesterday that Labour has no plans to tackle the different tax differential
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Economics is no longer a social science: it is just dogma
I read a very good article in the Real World Economic Review over the weekend. Entitled ‘Why do economists persist in using false theories?’ it
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