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Raise the inheritance tax threshold to £1 million

    “Raise the inheritance tax threshold to £1 million” Duncan Simpson, courtesy of Taxpayers’ Alliance   If the inheritance tax threshold was increased from £325,000 to £1 million, almost 25,000 fewer families would have to pay the hated death tax...

Healthy tax competition is possible and needed

  “Principled Tax Competition” By Daniel Bunn and Else Aken, courtesy of IREF   The structure of a country’s tax code is an important determinant of its economic performance. The Tax Foundation’s International Tax Competitiveness Index has ranked OECD...

The digital revolution is losing steam

    “Dissecting the global growth and productivity slowdown” By Robert Stehrer, courtesy of WIIW   Growth rates in the global economy since the financial crisis have been subdued compared to the boom phase at the beginning of this century (see Figure 1)....

How I learned to stop worrying and love AI

  “Artificial intelligence will be good for workers” By Gaël Campan and Luc Vallée, courtesy of MEI   Are machines going to steal our jobs? That is the question that keeps popping up in light of the rapid progress of artificial intelligence (AI). Research...