It really is time that politicians took note of modern monetary theory
Monday, April 29th, 2024The Guardian has an editorial this morning that I recommend reading in full, but which I will discuss here nonetheless. Of most note in their
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Tax does not pay for government spending
Monday, April 29th, 2024I posted this video on YouTube this morning. As I wrote in the explanatory note that accompanied it, probably the biggest challenge to understanding how
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Why Kemi Badenoch was wrong about the Glorious Revolution
Saturday, April 27th, 2024It is a week or so ago now that Kemi Badenoch claimed that it was wrong to suggest that the wealth of the UK was
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Scotland’s political problem
Friday, April 26th, 2024The SNP government in Scotland is in trouble. The coalition agreement with the Greens in Scotland (who are a different party to the Greens in
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We need to be awake to nature
Wednesday, April 24th, 2024One of the strangest consequences of running a blog that has quite a high volume of traffic is that I receive a great many press
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The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 and modern monetary theory - again
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024I had a Twitter direct mail message from a quite well-known person a few days ago, asking two questions about the Taxing Wealth Report 2024.
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Capital gains tax on houses - again
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024I returned to the subject of capital gains tax on people’s homes yesterday, knowing well that of all the proposals I made in the Taxing
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Labour has abandoned its environmental commitments. Is it any surprise that UK big business is following its lead?
Saturday, April 20th, 2024As the Guardian notes this morning: Unilever is to scale back its environmental and social aims, provoking critics to say its board should “hang their
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The FT view: let those least able to pay bear the burden of tax
Thursday, April 18th, 2024The FT editorial this morning says: I agree with all that. But then the FT reveals its spots. Having implied that changes to rules on
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