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Chinese Wine Production Expands
Australians Complain about British Wine Tax Regime
The Wine Forger’s Handbook
One in Ten Vintage Wine Bottles in Ireland Fake
Strong Christies Wine Auction Shows Strength in the Fine Wine Market
How to Avoid Wine Investment Scams
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Forbes on the Euro
by Giles Cadman Following on from Pew’s research into the Euro and the Eurozone Forbes‘ Karl Smith points out why the Europeans surveyed support the Euro, and how destructive this support is. It’s hackneyed inside the US blogosphere to say that the Euro or at minimum the European Central Bank has been a disaster. The […]
Goldman Sachs Deal with HMRC Legal
by Giles Cadman One of the interesting aspects of the global financial crisis has been the rise of activist organisations holding government agencies to account. In the United Kingdom, UK Uncut has just lost a case against HMRC where the judge found no law had been broken. The “sweetheart” deal between HM Revenue and Customs […]
The European Union and the Tobin Tax
by Giles Cadman The Tobin Tax, or Financial Transaction Tax has been an abject failure wherever it has been implemented. I have blogged about it here, here and here. It is worth reminding readers what happened in Sweden when it introduced a Tobin Tax nearly thirty years ago. Sweden introduced a tax in 1984, and it […]
Chinese Wine Production Expands
by Giles Cadman China has increased its consumption of wine dramatically in recent years, and at the same time has increased its domestic production. But fast forward just a couple of years, and perhaps attention should now be turning to the Chinese as wine producers, rather than merely wine consumers. According to the OIV, China is […]
Australians Complain about British Wine Tax Regime
by Giles Cadman Around the world tax regimes distort markets for alcohol, and according to Vintage Australia boss Neil McGuigan Britain’s taxes need overhauling. There may be some merit in his claims, as it is going to be very difficult for decent wine to be produced at under 5.5% alcohol. He said the billion-dollar export […]
Eurozone Politicians Failing to Create Growth
by Giles Cadman The Eurozone crisis is a predictable crisis of politicians own making, but politicians seem unwilling to come up with any solutions to the problem. The New York Times has a great article on exactly how politics is preventing a change in policy that would help Europe grow. Europe slipped deeper into a widespread recession, […]
Yet Another Report on Heathrow
by Giles Cadman Britain’s politicians have left the British economy badly exposed by not planning for increasing airport capacity over many, many years. Instead of taking action they commission or write more reports and never get anything done. Iain Martin in the Telegraph sums it up perfectly. Another day, another deranged report on the future […]
Pew Research Poll Shows Europeans Losing Faith in Europe
by Giles Cadman The Eurozone crisis, and the huge unemployment that the crisis has bought has changed the views of Eurozone voters on Europe. Europeans have never been wild about the European Union. With the region sapped by the euro crisis, confidence in the institution and the benefits it was supposed to provide is flagging faster […]
The Wine Forger’s Handbook
by Giles Cadman Dr Noah Charney and Stuart George have written a fascinating book about wine forgery, The Wine Forger’s Handbook. Amazon’s description is appropriate for a very good read. Fine wine is a multi-million dollar industry, and is fraught with peril. From forged bottles to fraudulent contents, from mislabeled wine to misled consumers, wine has been […]
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