John Meadowcrof, Author at IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org Independent research and policy analysis on fiscal, monetary, and regulatory issues in Europe Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:31:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://en.irefeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/04/IREF-LinkedIn-Profile-DarkBlue-scaled.png John Meadowcrof, Author at IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org 32 32 The confluence of ideas and interests in the process of rent destruction: the case of UK tax policy 1979-1997 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/working-paper-series/article/the-confluence-of-ideas-and-interests-in-the-process-of-rent-destruction-the-case-of-uk-tax-policy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-confluence-of-ideas-and-interests-in-the-process-of-rent-destruction-the-case-of-uk-tax-policy https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/working-paper-series/article/the-confluence-of-ideas-and-interests-in-the-process-of-rent-destruction-the-case-of-uk-tax-policy/#respond Sun, 14 Feb 2016 08:55:41 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/working-paper-series/the-confluence-of-ideas-and-interests-in-the-process-of-rent-destruction-the-case-of-uk-tax-policy/ WP 2016-02. Most of the literature on rent-seeking and the size of government expenditure has focused on the mechanisms through which policy-makers gather the necessary majorities to justify and expand…

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