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The report Kamal doesn't like, which you 🚫 absolutely 🚫 shouldn't read, and certainly shouldn't share, is here: taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/02/26/tik…

Good lord... ... a Laffer curve for tariffs ... seems they are seeking to find the maximum poor Americans

In January, the BBC wrote an article fear mongering about pylons "springing up" across the country It contained some wildly misleading figures which spread to other newspapers. I'm glad to say they've FINALLY been corrected. Here's what happened...🧵 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

A thread in which BBC News (UK) corrects its estimate of the number of new power transmission lines needed in the UK from 370,000 miles to 620 miles

People: for once let me bring you some good global macro trends Work is just so much better than we expected it to be 25 years ago when we were all a bit Malthusian on.ft.com/3SXJl0S

Impressive positivity from Chris Giles - with a great chart showing that OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives predictions that ageing societies would automatically feed through into plummeting employment rates were very wide of the mark

Employment rates and actual years worked in advanced economies have done so much better than previously expected, by Chris Giles ft.com/content/3e315e… @ft

Malthusians in the mud. Many such cases.

Ageing populations are good news, as long as they’re healthy! ‘Increased cognitive faculties of older people have been the biggest driver of the ability to work longer. As far as our brains are concerned, 70 really is the new 50, so these trends can continue.’ Great piece:

The FT's Monetary Policy Radar verdict on the US Court of International Trade's decision against "liberation day" tariffs Doesn't change that much, but raises the odds of a positive scenario on.ft.com/4dD5Hyr

It would be helpful for Reform to warn donors that, if you (for example) buy some bitcoin for £2k, and its worth £4k when you donate it, then you’re taxed on a £2k capital gain.

Starmer v Farage and Reeves’s fiscal fix dissected by the excellent ⁦Stephen Bush⁩ ⁦Chris Giles⁩ and ⁦Anna Gross⁩ ft.com/content/c0053e…

UK corporation tax is a mess. It makes us uncompetitive, not just vs Singapore, Ireland and other countries that tax companies less than us, but vs countries like Sweden and Denmark, who have higher tax but a better system.