Here’s what needs to come out of the ‘too difficult’ corner… www.economicsobservatory.com/what-future-...
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Here’s what needs to come out of the ‘too difficult’ corner… www.economicsobservatory.com/what-future-...
Sounds bold, but leaves the majority of residential property wealth untaxed and tackles a fraction of under-occupation.
www.thetimes.com/article/6173...
One of my favourite schemes!
A few edge-of-the-seat moments in a lively discussion, with top tips from @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social on how to tell gripping tales about findings that matter…
Thanks - an energising, soul-searching, eye-opening lesson to on how to win (or not) hearts and minds…
They all look fantastic, but I’m delighted to see that the list includes ‘With the law on our side’. A welcome intervention in uncertain times.
This looks quite interesting, but it’s behind a paywall. Might be worth chasing? doi.org/10.1177/2043...
That’s the challenge. But there is a lot going on, on the ground…
Nice intro to my focus article with Gavin Wood, neat comment on ‘the edges’ of ownership, and a few pointers to some fine commentaries commissioned by the journal www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Breathtaking array of conferences, coming soon, probably near you… Check them out: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/briti...
I don’t draw much comfort from the income tax position (the post-tax income share of the top ten percent is 28%). But the regressive, irrational and unfair structure of council tax certainly takes the biscuit…
Very excited to be part of this inspiring line-up for the Chair’s sessions at the 2026 RGS-IBG conference www.rgs.org/research/ann...
Poignant moment. ‘Over the course of his career, Jackson built a movement to bring America's increasingly diverse population together’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
Listen up peeps before we lose a key bridge between ‘the two cultures’…
Spot on. The clue is in the name. ‘Artificial’ intelligence - a product of human ingenuity, not a substitute for life itself…
Great news. Though I guess that if freeholders have a pecuniary interest in the charges levied by management companies, ground rents will be neither here nor there…
Council tax is regressive by income, region, and housing wealth. What’s to like?
Yikes! Something’s got to give…
Well good luck on all this, though it will be interesting to see whether build to rent turns out to be an alternative to ‘over-speculative’ models of #housing production…
Ooh, track 23 on BBC R3 Breakfast show, Kings Singers with a new vibe (oh, ok, with Jeremy West) on Orlando Gibbons, in a heads-up from their new album www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
A must-read for anyone curious about the mysterious world of brass bands and their contests (written, moreover, by a former member of the @girtoncollege.bsky.social brass dectet, aka the Girten 😎) www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
The politics of #housing have to be seen to be believed, though it’s demonstrably risky when large corporate/ institutional investors start acquiring single-family homes for profit… www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
😂 Although my point is that second homes are only one form of under-occupation and that if you want to tax residential property fairly and fully council tax atm is not fit for purpose, for reasons set out here: www.economicsobservatory.com/what-future-...
This total disarray is hardly surprising - council tax is a mess as it is without trying to use it as if it were some kind of rational, progressive property tax. Must do better!
www.thetimes.com/article/6871...
Yes please!
Something for everyone @britishacademy.bsky.social Join us ‘at home’ and across the UK to catch the latest in a series of visionary talks dating back to 1908! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/lectu...
A sensible idea if we are thinking about social stability, working democracy, economic resilience and environmental sustainability…amongst other things (like ‘leave no one behind’)
Inspiring advocate for music and the performing arts; unmatched in energy, imagination and utter brilliance in the world of brass. One of those people who lit up the room simply by opening the door. Huge loss.
www.thetimes.com/article/4656...
One of many reasons why ‘cold spots’ in the provision of humanities and social science subjects by U.K. universities is not so much a shame, as a massive risk… www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/huma...
Yes, and the assumption that if young people can’t afford the move to high-rent cities they can bear the costs of a long commute is even more unrealistic as these ‘cold spots’ in provision deepen www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...