Free-market economists advocate the castration of democracy
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013From Ha-Joon Chang in the Guardian this morning: In particularly difficult economic times, it was even argued, we need to insulate economic policies from politics
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It's time to mention Plan B - for Jersey
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013It’s been said by a commentator on the blog this morning that: In this instance the thing that irks me is that Monty and others on the
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Jersey Finance finally respond to the Tax Justice Network - with a series of ad hominems
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013I guess it was almost inevitable that the Tax Justice Network would be drawn into the row on tax evasion in Jersey. And it has been, with Geoff
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Jersey is clearly lining up the prosecution against Montfort Tadier
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013I wrote today about the rather nasty threats being made against Deputy Montfort Tadier in Jersey because he had said there is tax evasion taking place in
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Courtesy of Jersey Finance - the whole Le Parisien article which has Jersey in a state of furore
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013It’s quite amusing that Jersey Finance – the real government of Jersey – is in such a furore that Deputy Montfort Tadier spoke to a French newspaper
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The police state comes to the fore in Jersey. Is it time for the UK to intervene and suspend local rule?
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013Senator Philip Ozouf has been playing nasty, and true to totalitarian form, in an interview on the BBC with Deputy Montfort Tadier this morning. As readers of
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Tax havens are not tax neutral, Jersey please note
Monday, May 6th, 2013Senator Philip Ozouf, the finance minister of Jersey, has claimed in this interview with Channel TV that Jersey is ‘tax neutral’. His claim is that no tax in Jersey simply allows
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In the one party state of Jersey opposition is not allowed - and nor is a free press
Sunday, May 5th, 2013Senator Philip Ozouf, the Jersey Finance Minister, has tellingly revealed the real nature of the political situation in Jersey. In his response on his blog to
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Jersey's sham trusts: what Philip Ozouf denies and Montfort Tadier rightly said
Sunday, May 5th, 2013Much of the fury in Jersey as a result of the comments made by Deputy Montfort Tadier has focussed on the issue of sham trusts.
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