Unsurprisingly, given what else I get up to these days, I now spend less time talking to academic colleagues than I used to, but I
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The UK’s public finances are apparently in trouble again. That is the message being pushed yesterday after data showed that government borrowing in April was
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I am aware that this post was published in error on Thursday evening without the video to which it relates. This time it has it.
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I am, today, publishing an article in the ‘Richard Murphy’s View On…’ series on Substack. This explains my view on government bonds, which have been
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As the FT reports this morning: The blockbuster listings of SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI are set to prompt an unprecedented wave of buying and selling
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I struggle to know where to begin when talking about Rachel Reeves’ totally illogical package of tax cuts announced yesterday, which she claims are intended
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Most people think the next economic crisis will begin when shortages become obvious and prices start soaring. I disagree. The battle over the next economic
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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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I should not have mentioned this morning that I have a very busy writing schedule because, just now, the producer for Nicky Campbell’s programme on
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