Posts written by Simon Bond

Tax & Development – Parliamentary inquiry

December 21, 2011 – 11:10 am

The House of Commons International Development Committee is to hold an inquiry into the subject of tax and development. As the inquiry scope says, “The link between taxation and development is fundamental. The failure to collect tax in developing countries is therefore a major concern. Poor revenue collection of property, wealth, income and sales taxes [...]

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Events in Reading

October 21, 2009 – 4:31 pm

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Anne Pettifor in Reading Anne Pettifor (who helped launch Jubilee 2000 and is one of the authors of the Green New Deal) gave a very interesting talk at Reading University yesterday (20th October). Her main focus was on the role of money in the economy and how it is created by the banks. She argued [...]

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Taking the concern forwards?

September 30, 2009 – 8:59 am

Mid-Thames Area Quakers are gathering from this Friday evening until lunchtime 4th October near Redhill, Surrey to explore further the issues raised in the ‘zero growth: what would it mean for us’ conference and related topics.  Entitled ‘living adventurously at the turning point’, we will be looking at practical responses and the spiritual dimensions. The guest [...]

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