To answer a question I am often asked, and which was asked in response to relevant infographics on banks, I offer this: How to expand
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These two stories appear next to each other in an FT email this morning: You do not need to read the stories themselves to understand
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The FT has this headline this morning: Reform UK has vowed to cut £50bn from the welfare bill by slashing benefits for foreign nationals and
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In my post on Robert Jenrick’s proposals, made on behalf of Reform, to change UK policy on health and disability benefits, I mentioned my concern
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Robert Jenrick MP, the former Tory who now skulks beside Nigel Farage on the Reform bench in Parliament, thinks Britain has what he calls a
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What is macroeconomics, and what does it tell us about how an economy really works? In this episode of Understanding Economics, I explain why macroeconomics
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The FT reported yesterday that: Andy Burnham has called for a “moment of reflection” after the “tragic” death of Jason Arday, as tributes were paid
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After posting yesterday’s infographic on how banks create money by lending, there were questions and challenges, both here and on Substack, about how this suggestion
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THE RICHARD J MURPHY YOUTUBE CHANNEL DEBATE AMMUNITION The Cost-of-Living Crisis Funding the Future | August 2026 Topic The UK cost-of-living crisis is real and
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