There was a debate in the Commons on the tax gap yesterday. Labour initiated it. John McDonnell led the attack for them. You can read
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Coronavirus may precipitate a crash but it won’t be its cause, which will be the overstressed state of the world economy
The FTSE 100 chart as I started to write this looked as follows: That’s not pretty. And it’s the third day in a row of
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The IFS proves, yet again, that it’s dedicated to the failed mantras of neoliberalism
One day the Institute for Fiscal Studies will understand tax and its relationship macroeconomics and how not to make fools of themselves when they talk
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Emergency financial support for those self isolating will be the biggest single issue to be addressed in this budget
The UK government began to talk seriously about coronavirus quarantine measures yesterday. I understand all the public health reasons for this. They are real, valid
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J P Morgan knows that we need business to be net zero carbon – including in its supply and customer chains – but the masters of the universe have no idea how to achieve that
I suspect I am not alone in having a copy of the report from two J P Morgan economists on climate change, that J P
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England’s declining life expectancy is clear indication of a chronic political malaise
As The Guardian has noted this morning: Life expectancy has stalled for the first time in more than 100 years and even reversed for the most
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Journals, papers and prizes
I admit that I was pleased to be advised that a journal paper I co-authored with Dr Petr Jansky and Prof Atul Shah entitled ‘BEPS
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There’s no surprise that the Institute of Economic Affairs wants the UK to be a tax haven: it fits with their agenda of destroying fair markets
I could not help but be amused by this juxtaposition in The Times this morning: I presume KPMG did not ask to be associated with
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Tackling the housing crisis
I have just noticed that a letter I was a signatory to was published in The Observer yesterday: Tackling the housing crisis Polly Neate is right
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