July 1, 2016
The conventional account of the Eurozone crisis is one of reckless bankers lending to households and governments far beyond their ability to face those debts.
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July 1, 2016
A tax on turnover would tax profitable and loss-making firms equally, potentially posing an insurmountable hurdle to struggling firms, and eliminating the tax benefit of normally beneficial capital expenditure.
June 1, 2016
Piketty’s publication has reignited the debate over taxation. Proponents of higher taxation seized the opportunity to increase taxes.
May 18, 2016
As growth rates in the Eurozone gather steam, policymakers’ concerns are increasingly shifting to low inflation.
May 1, 2016
The new Tobacco Products Directive (TPD2) dramatically tightens regulation of cigarettes, rolling tobacco and e-cigarettes. Yet, it is unclear that it will lead to improved health outcomes.
November 23, 2015
Corporate taxation continues to slow down economic recovery in France despite the CICE, a tax credit meant to encourage competitiveness and employment.
November 20, 2015
The U.S. Treasury has announced measures to prevent American companies from merging with foreign firms and shifting their tax domicile.
November 5, 2015
One of the consequences of the Eurozone crisis has been to popularise the extremely high levels of unemployment now prevalent in Greece and Spain.
November 4, 2015
The Greek crisis has cost taxpayers across Europe hundreds of billions of euros, compounded a huge recession which has plunged the country into vast unemployment and strangled the Greek private sector by burdening it with incredible amounts of taxation.