If you haven’t watched our video interview with demographics expert Paul Hodges yet, you probably should. That’s partly because it’s very interesting, and partly because everyone else has and the conversation about the effect of …
Worried about currency debasement and inflation? If you are a member of BA’s Avios scheme you should be. Earlier this week it was announced that the number of points an economy class customer can earn …
We’ve written several times here that we don’t think the current balance between corporate profits and ordinary salaries is sustainable. The chart below makes the point nicely. Profits in the US have risen hugely as …
The letters page of the FT is often pretty interesting. Today’s is better than most. Several of the submissions are well worth a read (John Griffiths on the scandal of corporate remuneration, for example) but …
Prime London has expanded out to include Battersea We have often noted here that demand has a habit of creating supply. Those looking for dramatic examples of this pretty basic rule of economics have been …
Why has the income tax take not risen as the UK economy has begun to rise? A good many explanations have been put forward for this. The most obvious of all is that the continuous …
Will high property taxes put wealth creators off living in Scotland? The SNP’s new stamp duty equivalent for Scotland, the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT), appears to have been designed to send a clear …
I wrote last week about how the new pensioner bonds are effectively a non means tested benefit for the over 65s – one paid for by the general taxpayer. Since then, the subject has been …
I was listening to Radio 4 at breakfast time last week, when someone came on to talk about Chinese economic growth. We should not, she said, be too worried about it. After all, the Chinese …
It will cost you more in tax to buy an expensive house in Scotland than in the rest of UK Today, the Scottish government revised its new Land and Building Transaction Tax (LBTT) rules. The …