What are the chances that in the face of public criticisms, big business would curb its tax avoidance practices? Well, not much, as evidenced by a case decided by the US Court of Federal Claims. Salem…
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There is an assumption that children perform better amongst highly achieving peers. High class achievement might be thought to indicate better teaching, or to induce academic competition between students…
The financial institutions in The City of London eagerly portray themselves as good citizens of the world, positively contributing to the stewardship of our planet and its people’s well-being. In reality…
The United Nations was meant to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war. After two years of Syrian civil war and more than 100,000 deaths, not enough has been said of the Security Council’s…
The UK accountancy watchdog has barked. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has fined Deloitte & Touche £14 million for failures relating to the demise of MG Rover. The report says Deloitte was engaged…
Isn’t it interesting how governments go through the rituals of promoting competition, but little actually changes? The latest example is the UK Competition Commission’s report on the UK auditing industry…
The long awaited report on combating corporate tax avoidance by the OECD sadly has to deal with a corporate tax system which is unfit for purpose. It is a follow-up to the G8 meeting last month in Ireland…
The UK House of Commons Public Accounts Committee is examining some of the financial affairs of Prince Charles, heir to the British throne. The Committee should be concerned that the Duchy of Cornwall…
The G8 summit in Lough Erne was preceded by much hype and promises about action on tax avoidance and corporate secrecy, but it has delivered little. The leaders’ communiqué commits governments to nothing…
One of the recurring themes in social sciences is the “capture” of the state by economic elites. This enables them to advance their economic interests, shape public policies and choices. This is nowhere…
The Twitter age is about to chalk up its first success in the grey world of corporate accounting. It has been reported that the European Union will seek to make large companies disclose the taxes they…
The tax debate offers insight into the possible trajectories of capitalism. Organised tax avoidance does not create anything of social value, but encourages concentration of wealth in relatively few hands…
The outgoing Bank of England governor Mervyn King has presided over a huge economic crisis. His parting gift is the claim “a recovery is in sight” that the UK might achieve economic growth of even 1% this…
Evaluating the creditworthiness of countries is far from an exact science, yet the influence of credit ratings agencies is extraordinary. Recently, the UK government’s debt rating has been downgraded by…
Some four and-a-half years after the banking crisis that has resulted in massive public debt and a deep austerity program, the UK government has finally unveiled its Financial Services (Banking Reform…
Since 2010, many European governments have adopted austerity policies in an attempt to reduce the budget deficits and increases in government borrowing that were caused by the 2007/8 financial crisis…
If you have PODS – Post-Olympic Depression Syndrome – don’t fear: the Paralympics are almost here. It looks as though this will be first Paralympic games to be a sell out, with an unprecedented demand…
Rudisha It was perhaps billed as the hors d'œuvres before the main event. But it was far from a second billing with David Rudisha winning the 800m in a World Record (1:40.91). It was perhaps the greatest…
I was never in doubt that Bolt would regain his 100m Olympic title. But what made this race intriguing was the will he / won’t he win hype surrounding it - especially after the Jamaican trials. Bolt wanted…
I had my ticket, jumped on a train and who would have thought that the day would have ended up with Gold, Gold, Gold. I was at the morning session of the athletics. The Olympic park is I have to say an…
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Senior Lecturer in Media Law, University of Essex
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Professor of Political Science, University of Essex
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Lecturer, Department of Literature Film and Theatre Studies, University of Essex
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PhD student of LGBT+ and Education at The University of Essex, Department of Sociology and Criminology, University of Essex
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Lecturer in Literature, University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer in History, University of Essex
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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Professor of Management and Co-director of the Centre for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, University of Essex
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Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Essex
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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Senior Research Officer, University of Essex
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Professor of Accounting, University of Essex
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Professor of Global Development and Accountability, University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Reader in Digital Communication, University of Essex
