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OPINION - Labour's non-dom problem raises awkward questions about how to fund better public services

If nothing else, economists are good at naming things. Malthusianism, Abenomics or, my personal favourite, Baumol's cost disease. But for policymakers, the most important theory is perhaps the Laffer curve, named after the American economist Arthur Laffer, who argued there is a theoretical tax rate at which maximum revenue is…

Evening Standard

The UK needs an energy transition not an energy cliff-edge

City Voices: Labour must be careful not to destroy energy investment with taxes

Evening Standard

Trump's big con is a flop

Trump's only legislative accomplishment was a massive tax cut for the rich — and the results are now in

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Trump plots tax cuts as poverty rises

Trump and his advisors are setting sights on an aggressive tax cut plan to push during his 2024 campaign

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Cathie Wood Makes a Bold New Statement

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The Street

Cathie Wood's Latest Prediction Looks at the Big Picture

Wood suggests recent developments could mean a current trend is likely to continue.

The Street

Tenn. GOPer "a fraud like George Santos"

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Editorial: GOP economics still reveres the disproven 'Laffer curve.' Why can't they learn?

Arthur Laffer, the Reagan-era guru of trickle-down economics, was unchastened by the deficit explosion back then, which effectively disproved his theory that cutting taxes on the rich would increase government tax revenue. According to a recent Washington Post writeup, Laffer continues to be unchastened now, even as Britain reels from…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

‘Rout worse than 1997’: once-loyal Tory press turn on Truss and party

Columnists paint a bleak picture for the PM, but some of them think she can still turn things around

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss favours trickle down economics but results can be trickle up

UK PM is reviving the idea that cutting taxes for the better off ultimately benefits everyone. The IMF disagrees

The Guardian - UK

A superstar investor with the Midas touch or just lucky? The puzzle of Cathie Wood

She became one of Wall Street's most successful stock pickers during the pandemic, with millions of followers in social media, but Wood is struggling this year and facing intense scrutiny.

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Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood on everything from deflation to Elon Musk

A year ago, she managed more than $60bn. Now she faces the toughest battle of her career

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