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CGT rise and public opinion

Written by Administrator Friday, 04 June 2010 09:08

The CPS this week commissioned a poll by ComRes to test public opinion on the much debated subject of increasing capital gains tax.

Key findings:

  • Two thirds of people (64%) agree that it would be wrong for the Conservative party to double the rate of Capital Gains Tax when this was not in their manifesto....

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Niall Ferguson on his new report: 'Too Big to Live'

Written by Administrator Tuesday, 06 October 2009 10:52

For conservatives, the financial crisis that began in the summer of 2007 has posed a major problem. We had grown rather accustomed to singing the praises of free financial markets. The crisis threatens to discredit them.

But this crisis was not the result of deregulation and market failure. In reality, it was born of a highly distorted financial market, in which excessive concentration, excessive leverage, spurious theories of risk management and,...

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