Austerity
Prem Sikka – Britain: This is the state of our economy after a decade of Tory rule
Successive right-wing governments have badly hurt our economy. What’s next? Read here
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Finance
Prem Sikka: Tax dodging must be an issue in a snap election
Organised tax avoidance by corporations and the rich is costing the UK between £34bn/35bn & £122bn each year. The money that can be used for education, healthcare, security and redistribution. Read here
Economics
Prem Sikka: How companies use debt to line their pockets
Corporate debt and greed are going to sink the British economy, writes Prof Prem Sikka. Read here
Corruption
Prem Sikka: There’s a grimly familiar Story behind Thomas Cook’s Collapse
The holiday provider’s collapse highlights corporate governance and regulatory failures while the gravy train for directors continued. Read here
Deregulation
Prem Sikka: What does the ‘free market’ really mean?
Forget the hype of free markets. Neoliberals don’t believe in them. They have mobilized the state to extract cash from people; abuse consumers; erect barriers to collect monopoly rents; dodge any social responsibility and public […]
Inequality
Prem Sikka: How an ‘Inequality Tax’ could restore some fairness to Britain
Prem Sikka shows why it’s time for a new tax on high pay. Read here
Corruption
Prem Sikka: How UK regulators have covered up corruption and fraud
Corporate cover-ups go right to the top, writes accounting expert Professor Prem Sikka. Read here
Finance
Prem Sikka: Billionaires are a threat to democracy
Taxation revenues are the basis of the modern state. Without them, it cannot perform its administrative and redistributive functions. Read here
Corruption
Prem Sikka: The accountants’ laundromat: How Britain is still washing dirty money
British accounting regulators are scared of cracking down on laundering, writes Prem Sikka. Read here
Corruption
Prem Sikka: The ‘Big Four’ accounting firms should be broken up
Britain goes from one massive accounting scandal to the next. There are two parallels: The reports were egregiously wrong and the accounting firms earned loads of money for these reports. Read here