Read my column for EuroIntelligence
EuroIntelligence, 11 January 2011.
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.
Read my article in The Guardian
The Guardian, 4 January 2011. Taxes on financial transactions, carbon and land could fill the hole in the public finances








