Memo to 50p tax trashers: Laffer Curve peaks at over 75 per cent
Alex Hern defends the 50p tax rate against the economic know-nothings who would cut it to ‘boost revenue’ (their own)
Green Politics
The Bank of England is like a lifeguard who’s afraid of rubber rings
Cormac Hollingsworth asks what use the Bank of England is if it’s afraid of one of the key tools in its arsenal
Even if people prefer a 3rd runway to Boris Island, doesn’t mean they like either
Airport Watch presents the actual evidence around the expansion of airport capacity. It doesn’t bode well for airports.
No, really, RBS and Lloyds are being bailed out by the EU
Cormac Hollingsworth replies to Open Europe, and demonstrates that RBS and Lloyds really are being bailed out.
The warnings about Barclays’s tax-dodging greed were there in 2008
Cormac Hollingsworth explains how the warning signs for Barclays’s tax-dodging were there back in 2008.
The benefits Britons want to save are the ones the Tories want to cut
Declan Gaffney examines Progress’ report on the support for benefits cuts in depth, and finds that it doesn’t show what it purports to show
Is the government finally ‘getting it’ on industrial policy?
Tony Burke assesses Nick Clegg’s commitment to industrial policy, and asks whether it shows he’s getting better, or if it’s just all talk.
ECB bailing out British banks exposes coalition’s finance failure
Cormac Hollingsworth writes on the embarrassment for the chancellor that is the British banks RBS and Lloyds having to go to Europe for a bailout
Conservative NIMBYism is scaring away the investment in renewables
Kevin Meagher reveals the damage being caused to UK industry by the Conservative NIMBYs who fight investment at every opportunity
QE3 should fund British SMEs, not the finance sector
David Merlin-Jones presents the case for a British investment bank, funded through the money ‘printed’ for quantitative easing; it will do far more good than simply buying gilts