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Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says the US has failed to fix the underlying problems of its banking system after the credit crunch and the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
“In the US and many other countries, the too-big-to-fail banks have become even bigger,” Stiglitz said in an interview overnight in Paris. “The problems are worse than they were in 2007 before the crisis.”
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The former prime minister Tony Blair has received millions of pounds through an unusual mixture of commercial, charitable and religious income streams. Since he stepped down from office in 2007, his financial affairs have been described by observers as “Byzantine” and “opaque”. The Guardian is now launching an online competition offering a prize to the person who can shine the brightest light on those financial structures.
Blair has a commercial consultancy, called Tony Blair Associates, plus jobs advising a US bank and a Swiss insurer. He has a multimillion pound book deal. He also has a charity, the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative, and another called the Tony Blair Faith Foundation. But much of the income, which includes charitable donations from other sources, has been funnelled through a structure called Windrush Ventures No 3 Limited Partnership. Our contest asks: what is Windrush?
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What about the numbers? What would be the size of the LVT base for the treasury and how is that calculated? How does that compare to the current budget?
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Another great installment, keep up the good work gentlemen!
The neglect of the value added approach is a problem that runs deep through this country. When vast fortunes can be made via the real estate market – and sometimes tax free if the play the game right – it makes real work in comparison seem like a waste of time.
There needs to be a comprehensive overhaul of this attitude.
And Ross is quite correct, the creaming off of all the best students to work as brokers and bankers has deprived this country of talent that could have been put to far better use.
Parliament has a lot to answer for.