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The only way out
Post-war reconstruction involved taxing the richest – it could help with building a low-carbon economy according to Dario Kenner. Amid the worst public health crisis in a generation, an economic disaster has
Fiscal fizz is less sweet
One year on, Ben Reynolds explores the impact of the high-profile “sugar tax”, and where it might go in future. I remember the moment, when two years into running a
By so many, to so few
In the centennial year of the RAF, Churchill’s words attesting to the valiance of Britain’s fighter pilots have a less chest-swelling relevance to wealth in the UK. Tom Burgess writes
What do we need more of?
Our economic system still fails to allocate enough funds to strategic investments such as infrastructure, industry and education. Alexander Tziamalis tells how our times call for important economic and policy
Enough is enough
The cost of the UK’s inadequate income support is huge. Paul Nicolson writes. The UK has never been generous with its benefits system. In 2008, Tim Harford of the Financial
London is too far from Singapore
The UK government’s post Brexit aspiration for the City to challenge Singapore’s growth in offshore finance is flawed and ill-matched to growing global hostility to tax havens. John Christensen explains.
The people’s stake: a new way to tackle inequality
A greater role in the economy for the many can be more than fine words says Stewart Lansley. In the UK the Prime minister, Theresa May has repeatedly pledged to
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Basic Income and Universal Basic Services: conflicting or complementary?
Two distinct ideas are being promoted to help fix Britain’s broken social security system and badly depleted public services. The first idea – of basic income (BI) – seeks a
Land Value Tax in Practice
There has been substantial interest in the potential of land value tax over the last few years. It is seen as a way to address the growing inequality in terms
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