Economist, Visiting Professor, Lecturer, Writer, Public Speaker.
In a moment of hubris, or scenting what seemed like an opportunity, Theresa May called a UK general election believing the Tories to be unchallengeable. Her promises of stability and security now look especially ironic, as the UK faces yet another bout of political uncertainty. Challenges within the UK have hardened The challenges we had …
Headlines reporting new US tax plans were misleading. What we’ve got was little more than Trump’s wish list – a re-statement of promises made during his election campaign, comprising a proposal of radical changes to taxation in the US. In the broadest sense, an overhaul of the incredibly complex system of taxation in the US …
This was not a Budget that will live long in the memory, or the history books. Other than, of course, that under this government and Chancellor, it will be the last spring Budget. Recall though that Norman Lamont also decided to do something similar about twenty years but it never happened – because he got …
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