Tax cuts rumoured but the UK’s autumn statement will offer little economic comfort
Nick O'Donovan, Keele University - The UK chancellor’s autumn statement is likely to be relatively uneventful – yet extremely significant. Although some headline-seeking tax cuts are rumoured, sluggish economic growth and persistent inflation...
Why inheritance tax should be reformed
David Sturrock, Institute for Fiscal Studies and Bee Boileau, Institute for Fiscal Studies - Around 50 Conservative MPs called for inheritance tax to be abolished after the Telegraph launched a campaign urging the...
Severe Vulnerabilities Discovered in Software to Protect Internet Routing
Frankfurt and Darmstadt (ots) - A research team from the National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity ATHENE led by Prof. Dr. Haya Schulmann has uncovered 18 vulnerabilities in crucial software components of Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI). RPKI is an Internet standard meant to protect Internet traffic from being hijacked by hackers. By now, all affected vendors provided patches for their products. The vulnerabilities could have had devastating consequences: Internet hijacks have already been exploited, e.g., for phishing passwords and other sensitive information, tricking certificate authorities into issuing fraudulent Web certificates, stealing cryptocurrency, distributing malware, and poisoning caches of DNS servers. The ATHENE team consisting of Prof. Dr. Haya Schulmann and...
Tax cuts rumoured but the UK’s autumn statement will offer little economic comfort
Nick O'Donovan, Keele University - The UK chancellor’s autumn statement is likely to be relatively uneventful – yet extremely significant. Although some headline-seeking tax...
Bitcoin: four reasons why the price should surge in 2024
Andrew Urquhart, University of Reading and Hossein Jahanshahloo, Cardiff University The year 2023 will be remembered as turbulent for cryptocurrencies, with numerous important developments that ultimately helped to “clean up”...
New study: Corporate profits drive up inflation in Australia – not higher wages
Provided by Harry Markham - A recent Australia Institute report has shown that profiteering is the source of the country’s high inflation. This is in contrast to the Reserve Bank of Australia’s fearmongering claims that higher wages are the main threat to economic growth and security. The report highlights the need to control excess profits and artificially increased prices...
Poverty in Britain is firmly linked to the country’s mountain of private wealth – Labour must address this growing inequality
Stewart Lansley, University of Bristol - Labour’s shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has said that a Labour government would not raises taxes on wealth, capital gains or higher incomes. She does not, she says,...
Matching state pension to the national living wage would help pensioners maintain their dignity
Chris Parry, Cardiff Metropolitan University - A question that is perennially asked by financial experts is: “can the government...
