The Tax Justice Network has, rightly, received a great deal of publicity for its work in a new tax haven index, published yesterday and republished
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Can the Corporate Accountability Network create the change accountancy needs?
This article is in Accountancy Age this morning: “I think at the moment what I’m saying is unusual,” said Richard Murphy as he reflected on
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Fisking Martin Wolf on modern monetary theory
Martin Wolf has conceded that MMT is an economic truth in the FT this morning. The headline says: States create useful money, but abuse it
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It’s time to tax corporations where employees work, not where ledgers hide
This was published by the Tax Justice Network yesterday, and I share it as I think it important. Their research was funded by the EU
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The false narrative of Brexit Party success
There is a false narrative spreading about the European election result. It is that Britain has been swept away by the Brexit Party. This is
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The paradigm is shifting: farewell Conservatism, long live the Green New Deal
I noted this in the Guardian this morning. It reflects one of my opinions on the European election result: Intellectually, [Conservatism] certainly seems barely alive.
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Whatever Brexit is it is not socialist and it’s time Labour said so
This morning I tweeted this: I find it very boring to be told socialism requires Brexit. Socialism is internationalist. Brexit is not. Socialism is about
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies continues to spread falsehoods on VAT
The FT reports this morning that: Britain’s tax system is progressive and takes significantly more money from the rich than the poor, the Institute for
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The UK elections: sense is fighting back
I tweeted at around midnight last night: These are the stories tonight. 1. Scottish and Welsh nationalists are gaining. 2. The Brexit Party’s replaced UKIP.
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