Stock markets are trying a little recovery this morning. But the question remains as to by how much they are over-valued, since few would really dispute
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The age of incoherence
Sometimes you just have to stand back from what is going on and reflect on it. I am trying to do a bit of that
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The Finance Curse
We don’t need tax to fund the NHS, but we may increase taxes because we do
Tax Justice UK has issued a new report this morning: As they say of it: The World We Want is a new report that sets out
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There is only one option for oil and that is rationing
I noticed the Guardian reporting that: The boss of Shell has said a huge tree-planting project the size of the Amazon rainforest would be needed
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How the City of London makes us all poorer
Idiocracy
The Oxford English Dictionary has accepted idiocracy as an English word this month, noting: The OED records more than 100 words derived ultimately from the Greek suffix
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VAT is regressive
I wrote a post making the argument that VAT is regressive in July 2010 because of the planned rise by the then new Tory government
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It is time to replace the Financial Reporting Council’s self-interested myopia
As the FT has noted: Britain’s accounting watchdog will consider whether to ban firms from doing any consulting work for the companies they audit in
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