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The late great American novelist David Foster Wallace, who had worked in a tax office, once remarked, “The whole subject of tax policy and administration is dull. Massively and spectacularly dull.” But he was wrong, massively and spectacularly wrong. Tax is ultimately about the different ways we live together, and express our values - and there is nothing more interesting than that.
In this episode, Nick Spencer talks to Michael Keen and his book Rebellion, Rascals, and Revenue.
Depending on who you are, you might understand “woke” to mean “concerned with fundamental human justice”. Alternatively, you might think its means obsessed with identity politics, tribal, angry, and inclined to cancel and censor.
Either way, you probably associate the term with the left. After...
Published 11/19/24
Assisted Dying is back on the legislative agenda, with parliament voting on it this autumn. It is a profound and contentious debate about which good and well-meaning people can and do disagree deeply.
What is really at stake here? Apart from the obvious, the debate kicks up some profound and...
Published 11/12/24