The FT features an interview with President Macron of France this morning. They note him saying: There is a realisation, Mr Macron says, that if
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It is going to be a very long time before the fat lady sings for the UK’s smaller businesses
The word decimate is rarely sued correctly: it stands for the culling of one in ten, usually as a punishment in a Roman legion. It
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We now know how to turn an economy off. No one knows how to turn one on again
The FT has published a chart following the announcement that another 5.5 million people registered as unemployed in the USA last month: This recession is
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Now is the time for tax reform
The Insititute for Government has issued a press release and report suggesting that: The UK tax system needs substantial reform, but recent governments have shied
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The ratings agencies be subject to enforced silence on government debt right now
The Fitch ratings agency announced overnight that: Fitch Downgrades Mexico to ‘BBB-‘; Outlook Stable For those unfamiliar with rating agency nomenclature this means that Mexico’s
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Tax After Coronavirus (TACs) : Tax and the value of money
As was discussed in the introduction to this section on Tax and Society within the Tax After Coronavirus (TACs) project, tax has at least six
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We have such a long way to go before we beat Covid-19
Since the announcements on Covid-19 deaths began in the UK I have not been alone in thinking there was something odd about them. They, and
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Two headlines that say that an excess profits tax is needed
An email from the FT this morning included two adjacent headlines that suggest why an excess profits tax is needed. They were: One industry needs
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Half way through furlough and this week the mass redundancies begin
Amazingly, today we are half way through the government’s furlough scheme. This technically began on 1 March, and is as currently announced a three month
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