I spent years of my career worrying about inequality and wealth, and I still do. I remain concerned about tax abuse, secrecy, and the toxic
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Debate Ammunition: The Accounting Time Machine
THE RICHARD J MURPHY YOUTUBE CHANNEL DEBATE AMMUNITION ACCOUNTING’S TIME MACHINE: HOW MODERN FINANCE STEALS THE FUTURE Funding the Future | June 2026 TODAY’S TOPIC
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Is accounting a time machine?
I think this might be one of the most important videos I have ever made. I know the issue is complicated, but it’s worth taking
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There is a recruitment crisis in accounting – and it’s all the professions own fault
I read what I thought was quite a surprising press release yesterday. It was sent to me by a firm called AdvanceTrak. They were clearly
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We need an Office for National Statistics that understands both economics and accounting
The Financial Times noted something this morning deeply hidden within data published by the Office for National Statistics. This unnoticed data is represented by this
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Government borrowing is going to increase. It’s up to all of us here to explain this fact.
The indications are that the world is beginning to understand the complete and utter economic mess that will be the lasting legacy of 2026. Trump
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Silence is no longer neutrality : On the monarchy, accountability and reform
The reported arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor as part of an investigation into alleged misconduct in public office is not just another royal scandal. It is
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Corruption is built into neoliberalism
I recently recorded another Funding the Future podcast with John Christensen, with whom I have discussed tax justice and corruption for more than twenty-five years.
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Labour: the friend of cheats, crooks, and conpeople
As AccountingWEB (of which I was for a decade at the start of the century a contributing editor) noted yesterday: The expected timeline for small
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