Toward Tax Freedom and Justice
byImproving Tax Choice through a more democratically-just, rules-based fiscal policy. Summary Although considerable resources are expended upon attempting to influence Government spending, advocacy of…
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Avoiding the Issue
byIn the wake of the so-called ‘Panama Papers’ furore, the push-button issue of the One Percent being found able – OH! THE HORROR! –…
Europe continues to flounder
byAs another week goes by, Europe continues to flounder – even German car sales were off by 17% YOY, a decline which was presumably not all…
Who needs jobs anyway?
byNick Cohen is one of my favourite writers but he really has come a cropper with his latest piece on Starbucks and its taxes…
The End of Politics and the Birth of iDemocracy
byThe West is in crisis. Our Big Government way of doing things does not work. It is no longer going to be possible to…
Brain Sematary
byThe debate over taxing the rich has reached new depth in the United States with a true man of letters entering the fray. Depth,…
Revolutionary insights for the eurozone
byEveryone seems to be searching for a roadmap for the Euro-crisis. A precedent to guide policymaking and financial decisions would give some assurance that…
Europe’s underground economies
byOne significant issue arising in the crisis has been the size of some European underground economies. Politicians seek measures to increase public revenues as…
Large changes in fiscal policy: taxes versus spending
byThis paper by Alberto Alesina and Silvia Ardagna provides very good empirical research to confirm that what we expect a priori: that deficit cutting…
Thought for the day: should we pay the BoE £9bn pa in interest?
byIn November, I asked this Parliamentary question: Steven Baker (Wycombe, Conservative) To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much debt interest has been paid…