For readers, an invaluable online resource: Just a couple of examples from this treasure trove. Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. UTILITY THEORY The expected utility hypothesis stems from Daniel Bernoulli's (1738) solution to the famous St. Petersburg Paradox posed
If you are choosing to post windows onto your life online, tax authorities are watching. USA Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. How the IRS Uses Social Media to Find Crypto Tax Cheats Does your Twitter, Reddit, Facebook, Instagram or other social
For the modern mercantilist view of tax haven economics, a standard screed is provided by: https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/fandd/issues/2019/09/tackling-global-tax-havens-shaxon Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Tackling Tax Havens: NICHOLAS SHAXSON September 2019 The billions attracted
The IEA, a UK based free-market thinktank, has published its: Nanny State Index 2025 As written in Wikipedia: Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Nanny state is a term of British origin that conveys a view that a government or its policies
Tax authorities in several jurisdictions use behavioural psychology to advance tax compliance. The National Taxpayer Advocate has published a paper Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Behavioral Science Lessons for Taxpayer Compliance The National Taxpayer Advocate has long recommended the IRS conduct
Psychology has devoted substantial research into the reasons why people do pay tax, and even more to why people don’t: and what psychological techniques tax authorities can use to alter behaviour. The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Economic Behaviour includes Chapters 13 and 14 which consider: Thanks for reading!
Gregory Gethard writes for Investopedia (January 31, 2025) Should the U.S. Switch to a Flat Tax? Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. https://www.investopedia.com/articles/tax/09/flat-taxes.asp Like in the U.S., most of the world'
Demands for action by the NWC: https://www.whistleblowers.org/seven-major-campaigns-of-2025/ Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. NWC's Seven Major Campaigns of 2025 Take action today to strengthen and protect critical whistleblower laws Since the founding days of this country,
Young Brits are thinking of being anywhere – but Britain – as Ali Lyon reports (July 29, 2025). Facing low pay and rising rents, a quarter of young Brits weigh UK exit Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. https://www.cityam.com/facing-low-pay-and-rising-rents-a-quarter-of-young-brits-weigh-uk-exit/ Over
Unflattering further light is cast by the decision of The August 8, 2025 decision of the United States Court of Appeals for The District Of Columbia Circuit, on Appeal from the United States Tax Court, in the Insinga case. First, the IRS sought to wriggle out of paying the whistleblower,
Ali Lyon reports for City AM (July 9. 2025) UK loses more billionaires than any other country Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. The UK has lost the most billionaires of any country in the world in the last two years, fresh
Joseph J. Thorndike (August 4, 2025) writes an interesting opinion piece in Tax Notes. Ronald Reagan was no fan of tariffs. In fact, he was an ardent (if inconstant) champion of free trade and open markets. Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.