The OECD does a tax deal and it is time for tax justice to begin to shift its focus for the sake of developing countries
Friday, July 2nd, 2021In another post this morning I made the comment that in many areas there are purists who think that there are perfect outcomes to the
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Inflation is not what we need to worry about: the risk of major collapse in the private sector is what should be troubling us right now
Wednesday, June 30th, 2021Today we had a parting shot from Andy Haldane on leaving the Bank of England, in. which he claimed inflation will be 4% by Christmas,
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The government thinks it’s all over, but this one has got everything wrong
Wednesday, June 30th, 2021I noted this in the Guardian this morning: Figures from the Office for National Statistics show debit and credit card transactions fell by 5% over
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Planning the next next stage
Wednesday, June 30th, 2021As may be apparent, I have not been on the ball (to use a footballing metaphor) this morning. No, that is not because of football.
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The people of Jersey have paid a heavy price to support the tax haven that has been imposed on them
Monday, June 28th, 2021I noted this in the Jersey Evening Post yesterday in response to my weekend essay on that Island’s economic future: THE scale of the shift
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Jersey has a future, but not in finance
Sunday, June 27th, 2021A couple of weeks ago I was asked by Andy Sibcy, the editor of the Jersey Evening Post, if I might write an extended east
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Thoughts on Hancock
Friday, June 25th, 2021Did I really want to think about Matt Hancock this morning? Would I on any morning? Probably not. But he has somewhat thrust himself into
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Europe has a monopoly problem
Friday, June 25th, 2021Thew Counterbalance is a project from my old colleagues John Christensen and Nick Shaxson working with competition lawyer Michelle Meagher. The project tackles the abuse
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Brexit delivers Ireland a trade surplus with the UK, for the first time ever
Thursday, June 24th, 2021As The Independent has reported: A collapse in British exports to the Irish Republic since Brexit has handed Dublin an extraordinary trade surplus with London, new figures show. The
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