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A UK wealth tax sounds simple: "tax the super‑rich, fund public services"
But it's not.
Our 16,000 word deep‑dive shows revenues are fragile, it puts growth, investment and jobs at risk, and there's no revenue before 2029.
Here’s the evidence:
But it's not.
Our 16,000 word deep‑dive shows revenues are fragile, it puts growth, investment and jobs at risk, and there's no revenue before 2029.
Here’s the evidence:
July 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
A UK wealth tax sounds simple: "tax the super‑rich, fund public services"
But it's not.
Our 16,000 word deep‑dive shows revenues are fragile, it puts growth, investment and jobs at risk, and there's no revenue before 2029.
Here’s the evidence:
But it's not.
Our 16,000 word deep‑dive shows revenues are fragile, it puts growth, investment and jobs at risk, and there's no revenue before 2029.
Here’s the evidence:
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As Europe got its "letter" (30%) from President Trump's #RandomTariffGenerator, I discuss w Oren Cass at American Compass & Sander Tordoir at CER_EU the conservative US view that "Europeans had it too good for too long" & the European diagnosis/response.
Fascinating conversation, airs 17 July.
Fascinating conversation, airs 17 July.
July 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
As Europe got its "letter" (30%) from President Trump's #RandomTariffGenerator, I discuss w Oren Cass at American Compass & Sander Tordoir at CER_EU the conservative US view that "Europeans had it too good for too long" & the European diagnosis/response.
Fascinating conversation, airs 17 July.
Fascinating conversation, airs 17 July.
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NATO agrees on 3.5% defence spending. German government plans to raise it to that level quickly, with debt only.
There was *one* politician in the election campaign who said all this needed to happen.
There was *one* politician in the election campaign who said all this needed to happen.
June 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
NATO agrees on 3.5% defence spending. German government plans to raise it to that level quickly, with debt only.
There was *one* politician in the election campaign who said all this needed to happen.
There was *one* politician in the election campaign who said all this needed to happen.
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1/ What happens when you give social data science students 821.6 GB of public vessel geolocation data (AIS) and just 9 hours to identify potentially suspicious behavior near the Danish coast?
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
June 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
1/ What happens when you give social data science students 821.6 GB of public vessel geolocation data (AIS) and just 9 hours to identify potentially suspicious behavior near the Danish coast?
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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"Der Dreiklang aus völkerrechtswidrig, politisch legitim, aber strategisch hochproblematisch überfordert das Gros der Kommentatoren auf fast allen Seiten."
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
Krieg in Nahost: Legal, legitim, egal?
Was in der Debatte über Israel und den Iran schiefläuft: Wichtige Fragen werden nicht gestellt, die politische Instrumentalisierung des Völkerrechts kleistert alles zu.
www.zeit.de
June 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"Der Dreiklang aus völkerrechtswidrig, politisch legitim, aber strategisch hochproblematisch überfordert das Gros der Kommentatoren auf fast allen Seiten."
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
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a society where "bad immigrants" are demonised is a society where no immigrant can truly feel welcome, because aren't we all just one wrong turn or accident away from being unemployed? on disability benefits? unable to care for our children without state help? just no such thing as a safe immigrant
May 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
a society where "bad immigrants" are demonised is a society where no immigrant can truly feel welcome, because aren't we all just one wrong turn or accident away from being unemployed? on disability benefits? unable to care for our children without state help? just no such thing as a safe immigrant