By James Banks and Xiaowei Wu, courtesy of the Institute for Fiscal Studies The COVID-19 episode has had substantial negative impacts on mental health across the population. The biggest impacts have been on the gender and age groups – broadly women and the young – that already had relatively low levels of mental […]
“Why Marry when Living in Sin Is Cheaper?” By Haig Simonian, courtesy of Avenir Suisse My wife and I pay tax in two countries, but file three returns. That is because Switzerland, like much of continental Europe, taxes husbands and wives as one, whereas the UK, like Sweden and Austria, treats the two […]
The EU needs to update its financial oversight rules and mechanisms to better combat money laundering, according to Bruegel’s Joshua Kirschenbaum and Nicolas Veron. The authors draw attention to the connection between money laundering banks and Russian interests, which use illegal financial practices to skirt Western sanctions.
