{"id":348,"date":"2009-03-17T15:50:51","date_gmt":"2009-03-17T22:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andrewjohnson.me.uk\/blog\/?p=348"},"modified":"2009-03-17T15:50:51","modified_gmt":"2009-03-17T22:50:51","slug":"economy-stupid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andyjohnson.uk\/blog\/2009\/03\/17\/economy-stupid\/","title":{"rendered":"Economy. Stupid."},"content":{"rendered":"

I love it when this thing forces me to think<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The blog post that would have been here – about the economy no less – is sitting safely in the drafts folder until I figure-out a way to express my opinion on that subject without it being full of logical holes and arguments that are just… well, wrong.<\/p>\n

Its probably because I know next-to-nothing about economic public policy, but it would be nice if I could realise that without having to write 300+ words first…<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Meanwhile…<\/p>\n

If you want some useful perspective on the economic situation then you could do worse than read about<\/a> how Barclays Bank got a senior High Court judge out of bed in the middle of the night to prevent the Guardian<\/a> from publishing Barclays internal memos detailing systematic, large scale tax avoidance by Barclays.<\/p>\n

Despite the efforts of Barclay’s clueless corporate lawyers, and the probably equally clueless judge, the documents are up on Wikileaks<\/a>. The one about Project Knight (PDF)<\/a> is particularly interesting. I wonder how many schools the tax that they avoided would have paid for? While you’re there, check-out the Guardian’s extensive investigation<\/a> of corporate tax avoidance.<\/p>\n

Me? Angry?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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