Past event: 5th February 2024

Hear former BBC Journalist Clare English discuss tax and the economy with Dr Arun Advani. Arun is co-chair of the Discover Economics campaign, aiming to increase the diversity of people who study and work in economics.

He studies issues of inequality, tax compliance, and tax design, with a focus on those with high incomes or wealth. He is a Commissioner at the Wealth Tax Commission and also work on issues of environmental taxation, economic development, migration, and tax in low- and middle-income countries.

A month ahead of the likely tax cuts in the Spring Budget, this is a good opportunity to take time out and hear one the the UK's leading experts on tax systems.

The Economy in Plain English was streamed Live on LinkedIn, X and YouTube.

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David Hume Institute event: Diversity and econmics: what do the data tell us?, 2021

David Hume Institute event: Talking Tax with Dr Arun Advani, Dr Andy Summers and Charlotte Barbour, 8th July 2020