This is a very good primer into the economic incentives around capital gains tax.

Sounds like economists will love 'em, then.

Extremely hard to imagine this happening in the UK.

At Open Innovations we asked 33 pro-growth economists almost exactly the same questions as UK Day One had asked different economists (one overlap) a month earlier on how they thought the government should boost economic growth in the UK. Here are our results. open-innovations.org/blog/2024-10-1…

A terrifying chart from an excellent thread; well worth reading.

👀 I remember when Eric Pickles said he had a pearl-handled revolver in his desk for anyone who even mentioned this.

Some days I love curl. Some days I hate curl. Today has been a challenging one, but the puzzle is solved.

In Manchester today for a new The Northern Powerhouse Partnership paper on fiscal rules with EY and hosted by Jennifer Williams.

Today to Leeds for an Office for National Statistics (ONS) Local Subnational Data Conference. A nice reminder of local government past on the way in.

So, tonight it's going to be: ☃️snowy ❄️ cold 🍃 windy (with nippy windchill 🥶), and *checks notes* 🤷‍♂️>100% humidity.

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I'm already 1½ working days into 2025, but this is my first opportunity to sit down at a desk and start the catching-up process after travelling around the snowy north for some new year meetings yesterday and today. Here's to a bustling 2025 with some interesting projects!

Today Robert Cooper piece on #TourismTax was on #BBCPoliticsNorth featuring analysis by Christian Spence Open Innovations for The Northern Powerhouse Partnership as part of our work on #fiscaldevo bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod… Tomorrow at 810am I’ll be joining BBC Cumbria breakfast show to discuss

🚍 A historic moment for South Yorkshire’s buses. Today, South Yorkshire’s Mayor Oliver Coppard made the landmark decision to take back control of South Yorkshire’s buses, putting passengers back at the heart of our transport system. Watch the moment it happened.

Interesting new publication from National Institute of Economic and Social Research today on seasonally-adjusted inflation series. niesr.ac.uk/publications/s… #Economics

Looking forward to this. One reason why I'm dubious about killing NI and switching it onto IT (both IFS and Mirrlees Review say we should) is that the UK has never had a proper debate about a contributory benefits system, particularly around the issue of tax morale.