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Archive for January, 2011

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Read my column for EuroIntelligence

Posted 12 Jan 2011 in Blog, euro, EuroIntelligence
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EuroIntelligence, 11 January 2011.

Posted 12 Jan 2011 in euro, EuroIntelligence, Finance, Published articles
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The debate in the UK about whether to tax bank bonuses (Labour) or balance-sheets (Conservative) is a sideshow. Both are stopgap measures. The key issue is that banks need to be broken up on competition grounds so they don’t earn huge profits in the first place.

Posted 11 Jan 2011 in Blog, Britain, Finance
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Read my article in The Guardian

Posted 05 Jan 2011 in Blog, Britain, Public finances, The Guardian
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The Guardian, 4 January 2011. Taxes on financial transactions, carbon and land could fill the hole in the public finances