Corporation Tax

Corporation tax is widely and mistakenly seen as a tax on shareholders, which it is not, rather than a tax on investment, which it is. Understanding this issue is vital if we are to have sensible economic policies in the UK and US. Because UK statistics are so poor,...

Japan does not have an investment problem

Andrew Smithers & Pelham Smithers Financial Times – Letters, 16th September 2019 Sir, In an article in Tuesday’s Financial Times Richard Koo claims that Japan’s economy suffers from inadequate demand because business investment is being depressed as a result...

The NTV Model for Total Factor Productivity

World Economics • Vol. 20 • No. 2 • April–June 2019, 1st July 2019 Introduction. This paper revises and extends my previous one on TFP * in which I proposed that the NTV model should be preferred to those which follow the current consensus approach. I include in this...