Why economic data provided by London will not help the Scottish independence debate
Tuesday, March 14th, 2017Scotland will have another independence referendum: the only question is when. I have little doubt that if I was Scottish I would vote Yes again. That,
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Re-framing tax spillover effects
Tuesday, March 14th, 2017Reproduced below is a joint post by Prof Andrew Baker of Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute and me, originally on the blog of the All
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The speech I'd like to hear from Jeremy Corbyn on Article 50
Monday, March 13th, 2017I mentioned over the weekend that I have suggested to some of my students that they should when making recommendations in essays that I am
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The Post Crash Economics Society Conference 2017 - Manchester 18 / 19 March
Monday, March 6th, 2017The Post Crash Economics Society Conference 2017 is being held in Manchester on 18 and 19 March. It’s open to the public and entering its third
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Oops moments
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017I was watching the House of Lords debate on Article 50 last night: it shows the level of excitement I wanted in my life and
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Tax dodgers must lose lucrative contracts
Thursday, February 9th, 2017My friend and Fair Tax Mark co-director Paul Monaghan wrote this in the Guardian yesterday: In a significant step forward for tax justice, the UK
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It's time for the left to stop being squeamish: the country's in existential crisis
Sunday, January 29th, 2017If another person on the left tells me that they can’t work with the Lib Dems because they sold out to the Tories and “anyway,
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Brexit questions that the government could and should answer
Wednesday, January 25th, 2017The government says it cannot publish a white paper on Brexit for fear of disclosing its negotiating hand to the EU. But I think it
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It may be legally possible for Scotland to stay in the Customs Union, and even the Single Market
Thursday, January 19th, 2017I was asked by a Scottish journalist yesterday whether or not Scotland could stay in the EU single market now that England has made clear
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