The Good, Band and Ugly of Taxation
The Panama papers may have outed a rogue company but even the Queen was caught up in the Paradise papers. But we are told that it was all legal. Is …
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Post Brexit, What should our approach to trade be?
As the UK launches into negotiating free trade deals with anyone who will have us and Joe Stiglitz tells not to ‘waste our time’ negotiating with Trump, what should our …
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The next energy revolution: Glorious or bumpy? Winners or losers?
The future green energy revolution is often pictured as a glorious combination of economic growth, employment and a solution to climate change. However the signs look more ominous. Oil companies, …
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The number of people in the world is set to grow to more than nine billion by 2050. Joss Tantram asks what kind of world do we want for them. …
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Independence for Andalusia
Can British farmers learn from their counterparts in southern Spain to spit out Brussels’ poisoned sweets? Joe Zammit-Lucia and Astrid Vargas write. The high plains of Andalusia in southern Spain …
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The revolution will not be linearly extrapolated.
Tomorrow is always more radical than we can realise today. Just ask Lenin. Any truly sustainable path is radically unconventional – politically, socially, economically, financially and environmentally. Relentless entropy seeks …
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Annulus mirabilis
Raworth: I’m not a serious academic; I’m a serious activist. Kate Raworth has, in her blend of new economic thinking, served up a printed equivalent of hot cakes with her …
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Pointing the way to digital success
Khokhar: “It’s getting to read between the lines, or getting to understand the person, the business, and their motivations, and their rationale.” An entrepreneur for entrepreneurs – Bill Khokhar shows …
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Unfair trade
Gooding – an economic development officer at work, Yukon 1992. A remote mountain community was torn up when the free market came to town. Tim Gooding describes his findings on …
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The economics of ending PFI
Private Finance initiative deals are a source of significant public sector savings – when they are cancelled – says David Hall. While the media and professional classes in Britain have …
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