In the first four videos in this series on tax havens I have explored how they work, what they abuse, and why that abuse should
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Sunak’s class warfare – in the Mirror
My argument that national insurance should not be used to fund inreased spending on social care made it to The Mirrior this morning: You can
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Positive Money and the Bank of England are completely wrong to support the idea of a central bank digital currency for the UK
Positive Money has made an appeal asking that people support the idea of a Bank of England central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the UK.
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We are facing gas price increases and inevitable fuel poverty for more people, but that’s only the beginning of the economic woes that this could give rise to
As the FT has reported in an email this morning: Centrica, the owner of British Gas, has warned of soaring prices caused by a global supply crunch,
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Sunak’s 1% national insurance charge to fund the NHS is a deliberate, callous and unnecessary move to increase inequality and hardship in the UK
There are widespread reports this morning that the Tories are planning at least a one per cent increase in national insurance to fund an increase
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Why are tax havens harmful?
In the first three videos in this series on tax havens I explored why tax havens should really be called secrecy jurisdictions, what tax havens
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A research agenda
It is slightly strange to be on a train this morning. I have hardly been on any since March 2020. It’s also strange to be
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The new chief economist at the Bank of England is setting us on a route for recession
I posted this on Twitter yesterday afternoon: My reasoning was straightforward. We have a new chief economist at the Bank of England, who will serve
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How do tax havens work?
In this third video in a series on tax havens I look at how tax havens work. As I explained in the first video in
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