THE RICHARD J MURPHY YOUTUBE CHANNEL DEBATE AMMUNITION HOW TO REVIVE THE UK ECONOMY Funding the Future | May 2026 TODAY’S TOPIC How to Revive
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Three steps to fix Britain
Britain’s economy is failing, but fixing it is not as complicated as many economists claim. In this video, I set out three straightforward policies that
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Has Wes Streeting been reading the Taxing Wealth Report?
According to the BBC this morning: Former Health Secretary Wes Streeting has proposed introducing a wealth tax as part of his pitch for the Labour
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Like it or not, the appeal of wealth taxes appears to be very strong
I am aware that we post a lot of polls on this blog these days, although I readily admit most are on our videos and
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Laffer’s curve: the greatest tax myth of all
After a week in which I can fairly describe work as being hard because of the fatigue I felt last weekend, which it now turns
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Neoliberalism was not an accident
Neoliberalism did not just “happen”. It was planned, funded, and carefully rolled out over decades. In this conversation with John Christensen, co-founder of the Tax
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The right way to tax wealth in 2026
The push for wealth taxes has been one of the defining economic debates of 2025. The question now is whether we want policies that work.
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Inequality is a political choice – and the UK keeps choosing it
The World Inequality Report 2026 opens with a sentence that should trouble anyone who cares about democracy or economic justice: Inequality is a political choice.
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The alternative budget we need: the video
Rachel Reeves will not fix Britain today. So I’ve published my Alternative Budget for 2025 — a complete plan to end austerity, rebuild public services,
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