Myths about taxing wealth and high earners
Wednesday, August 30th, 2023I got to the point yesterday in my work on wealth taxes where I could feel fairly confident that I had identified all the changes
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Neoclassical economists are the last people to listen to on climate change
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023I read this post by my Green New Deal colleague, and friend, Ann Pettifor, yesterday, and with her permission, I share it here because it
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The staggering cost of pension tax relief for the wealthiest people in the UK
Friday, August 11th, 2023I was working on a wide range of data on the cost of pension tax reliefs yesterday as part of the project I am working
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ISAs have a role in UK savings, but the creation of ISA millionaires was not one of them
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023As The Independent reports: The number of “Isa millionaires” has surged to more than 4,000, according to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) figures. Some 4,070 savers were sitting on
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There is lots of money available - if you know where to look for it
Monday, July 31st, 2023I think the time has come for me to note the project that I am working on this summer. Like so many readers of this
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Pension investment could help transform this country. Pension saving cannot. It's a fundamental point that has to be understood.
Monday, July 24th, 2023Martin Wolf had an article in the FT, published yesterday that began by saying: He then lamented three things. The first is that we have
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The goverment's accounts are massively overdue - and that's not good enough
Tuesday, July 18th, 2023I noticed this reply to a parliamentary question that was published yesterday: The Whole of Government Accounts matter. They are the only publication by the
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The government has chosen bankers over state employees and public sector workers today, and that is unforgiveable
Thursday, July 13th, 2023I have posted this thread to Twitter in response to the government’s announcement that it has agreed to pay review bodies’ recommendations but has not
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It’s time the politicians opposed to our well-being stopped condemning Just Stop Oil protests.
Sunday, July 9th, 2023I put this on Twitter last night: All those years of austerity. The NHS in ruins as a result. The absence of any effective climate
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