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May 23 2013
Clamping down on Google’s tax avoidance: don’t hold your breath
1 CommentTweet Outrage over tax avoidance has bubbled up this week with the visit of Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt, who is speaking at the LSE today. The crucial agreement that has brought criticism of Google is that the sale of … Continue reading
Posted by: May 23, 2013
Tagged with: Eric Schmidt, global tax system, Google, tax avoidance
May 23 2013
The Housing Conundrum: Engineering a fall in house prices is a good economic strategy for the medium-term, but would have horrible effects at the moment
6 CommentsTweet Rather than enact policies to reduce inflated housing prices which many are calling for, the government is doing everything in its power to prop up prices. Frances Coppola argues that this is not surprising given that housing policy is not only … Continue reading
Posted by: May 23, 2013
Tagged with: Help to Buy, housing market, housing policy, mortgage lending
May 22 2013
The Man from the IMF, He Says: “Increase public spending on Investment and follow the LSE Growth Commission”
Leave a commentTweet The IMF today published its assessment of the health of the UK economy. It urged the government to adopt the recommendations made by the LSE Growth Commission by boosting public investment. Professor John Van Reenen, though wishing the IMF could have … Continue reading
Posted by: May 22, 2013
Tagged with: austerity, IMF, public investment
May 22 2013
Wealth inequalities have important consequences for people’s own lives and those of their children
1 CommentTweet While the UK is a rich and affluent nation, it is also a very unequal one. Previewing a new book written with colleagues and published today, John Hills discusses the political and economic issues raised by wealth inequalities, and how these are an important factor in inequalities of … Continue reading
Posted by: May 22, 2013
Tagged with: inequality, wealth
May 21 2013
Crime rates in the UK have been falling, but the reversal of policies that contributed to this trend means that ‘something will give’
Leave a commentTweet Mirko Draca explains the factors behind falling crime rates in the UK, examining research he and colleagues have conducted. The evidence suggests that education and labour market policies, and increased spending on police resources are amongst the reasons for this trend. … Continue reading
Posted by: May 21, 2013
Tagged with: crime, labour market
May 21 2013
The Endgame: How might the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government finish?
Leave a commentTweet As the partisan debates around legislation on gay marriage wend their convoluted way through the Commons this week, exposing once again huge fissures between Conservative MPs and activists on the one hand and the PM and leading government modernizers … Continue reading
Posted by: May 21, 2013
Tagged with: coalition government, election
May 21 2013
Leaving the EU will not only fail to secure what Eurosceptics desire but would likely make the UK’s position worse
Leave a commentTweet Seamus Nevin argues that the UK would still be strongly influenced by the EU even if it were to leave, contrary to what many Eurosceptics imagine. Moreover, it would find itself with much less power on the outside, which is important when considering … Continue reading
Posted by: May 21, 2013
Tagged with: eu referendum, Eurosceptics, UKIP
