What hasn't the government done because of Brexit?
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018Imagine June 23 2016 had come and gone with a Remain vote. What could the government have done with all the energy that has been
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Funding a sovereign wealth fund
Monday, April 2nd, 2018The Guardian reports that IPPR is continuing with its work in tax and related reforms and has suggested: All UK-born citizens should be given £10,000
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Hypothecated taxes are designed to undermine the NHS
Tuesday, March 27th, 2018I have written before on why we do not need hypothecated taxes to fund the NHS. A slightly theoretical version of the argument is here. A
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Funding the NHS
Monday, March 26th, 2018According to Politics Home this morning: The chairs of 21 select committees have signed a letter to Theresa May calling for an “urgent” parliamentary commission
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Hyperinflation and its causes
Friday, March 9th, 2018It was curious to note that commentators on this site yesterday were referring to the risk of hyperinflation from MMT, suggesting that 56 historical cases
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Tax does not pay for the NHS
Wednesday, March 7th, 2018
The UK finally gets a Fair Tax coffee options as AMT gets the Fair Tax Mark
Tuesday, March 6th, 2018As many readers here know I am a non-executive and unpaid director of the Fair Tax Mark, which issued the following press release this morning:
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Project Brexit
Monday, March 5th, 2018The following comment was posted by David Kelly on the blog yesterday. It has, apparently, appeared as a comment on another couple of sites but
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What reform is still needed to bank regulation?
Thursday, February 22nd, 2018A commentator called John Warren made this comment in the blog yesterday, in response to comment on HSBC: I am not going to comment on
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