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Resolved, The Laffer Curve Exists
The Laffer Curve is the contention that there is a tax rate which maximises revenue collection. That’s all…
Paying Doctors’ Tax Bills Doesn’t Actually Work
The interaction of pensions and tax rules means that some doctors – and other well paid professionals on…
We Really Don’t Measure Wealth Properly
It’s the Americans who are really going overboard about wealth inequality, here in the UK the polemicists are…
That Laffer Curve Thing – GP Closures Driven By GP Pensions Changes
So, The Guardian tells us that GP surgeries are closing across the country. In fact, there’s been a…
We’ll Never Get The Gender Pay Gap Right Without Dealing With Pensions
As any even casual acquaintance with the economics of income and wages will tell us pensions are simply…
Teacher Pensions Aren’t A Stealth Tax Upon Universities
The basic point about pensions is that they are deferred wages. We go to work, we gain compensation…
Nissan’s Retirement Deal For Carlos Ghosn Isn’t The Point At All
Who is right and who is wrong here we don’t know at present over Nissan and the pay…
Norway’s Wealth Fund Should Never Have Invested In Oil And Gas In The First Place
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund – the Government Pension Fund – has just announced that it’s to sell off…
So Why Was Women’s Pension Age Lower?
We’ve what I consider a quite extraordinary claim here, that raising women’s pension age to match that of…
Andrew McCabe Fired – Good News In The War Against The Deep State
It might sound a little vindictive to celebrate the firing of a career civil servant merely days before…