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We need more progressive taxation, and a wealth tax, to pay for the COVID-19 rescue packages

We need more progressive taxation, and a wealth tax, to pay for the COVID-19 rescue packages

Posted on 14 September 2020 by Wojtek Paczos

We may expect that a successful fiscal intervention will eventually lead to an increase in inflation, if not now, then during the economic recovery. The cost of COVID-19 rescue packages […]

‘Now you see it, now you don’t’ — Is the university pension fund really in deficit?

‘Now you see it, now you don’t’ — Is the university pension fund really in deficit?

Posted on 21 August 2019 by Woon Wong

In our latest blog post, Dr Woon Wong argues that the discount rate currently used to value the liabilities of the Universities’ Superannuation Scheme is too low, and that the […]