Myths vs Facts - clarifying BBC Question Time 17/01/13
The Commentator team picks apart the myths and presents the facts from BBC Question Time
- 17 January 2013
First bankrupt EU welfare state to find recovery formula?
There aren't many fiscal policy role models in Europe. Portugal can hardly claim to be one - but it may be moving in the right direction
- 20 December 2012
Black Swans, Switzerland and the EU
"The solution is right in the middle of Europe — Switzerland. It’s not united! It doesn’t have a Brussels! It doesn’t need one"
- 24 November 2012
What’s wrong with Britain becoming “a sort of greater Switzerland”?
David Cameron claims that being outside the EU would make Britain "a sort of greater Switzerland". He's wrong, it would make it better
- 23 July 2012
A few home truths about extradition from the United Kingdom
Are our extradition laws really favourable to the United States, or is this just a perception issue?
- 2 March 2012
Lower tax rates are the best way to reduce tax evasion
Lower tax rates and tax reform are the best way to improve tax compliance – not more power for the IRS, writes Cato Institute's, Daniel J. Mitchell
- 31 January 2012
Eat the rich then starve
The UK government has done a deal with Switzerland to get a modicum of income of those UK citizens who have private Swiss bank accounts. Some moan that it doesn’t go far enough, while others warn that account holders may switch territories. However, one thing people forget is that the tax-conditions in a country will dictate where the taxable money is.
- 26 August 2011
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