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Merryn Somerset Webb, 22 May 2012, 11:43AM 1 comment
The share of national income that goes to the workforce is falling, while corporate profits rise. That should be good for investors - but Merryn Somerset Web isn't so sure.
Merryn Somerset Webb, 21 May 2012, 04:46PM 17 comments
The UK tax system is 'horrendously complicated'. We need a massive simplification where all forms of income are treated equally and taxed at the same rate.
Merryn Somerset Webb, 21 May 2012, 03:02PM 18 comments
The period of financial repression is necessary, but unpleasant and unfair. So we must act alongside it to make things better when it's over.
Merryn Somerset Webb, 17 May 2012, 04:48PM 6 comments
Not all charities are equally good. But taxpayers are forced to give as much to the bad ones as the good ones. That needs to change.
Merryn Somerset Webb, 16 May 2012, 11:19AM 1 comment
Companies are only able to shirk their social responsibilities because, as shareholders, we let them. Here's what we should do about it.
Merryn Somerset Webb, 15 May 2012, 12:41PM 56 comments
The government wants us to think it's cutting spending. But far from being slashed, public expenditure in the UK has hardly gone down at all.
Merryn Somerset Webb, 15 May 2012, 09:55AM 5 comments
If you think our rules on tax relief for charitable giving are bad, you should see those in the States.
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