Chancellor Sunak should learn the lessons from recent history

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Chancellor Sunak should learn the lessons from recent history

5 October 2020

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IEA research and open letter featured in the Mail Online

An IEA open letter and report ‘The Chancellor’s Post-Pandemic Choices’ was reported in the Mail Online.

The report calls for “major tax simplification, and a shift in the burden of taxation from more distortionary to less distortionary taxes.”

Read the full article here.

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Chancellor Sunak should learn the lessons from recent history

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Recent history could offer a path out of this crisis

JETS is unlikely to make much of a difference, says IEA expert

Never forgetting the absurdities of fascism

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