The furore about the use of a personal service company to supply the services of the director of the Student Loan Company is appropriate. It
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Richard Murphy talking to the Renegade Economist – part 1
This is a video just released of me talking a couple of weeks ago with Ross Ashcroft of the Renegade Economist about the state of
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There’s at least one economist who realises government debt owned by the central bank isn’t debt at all
I’m pleased to note that at least one major economist realises that public debt owned by the central bank of the government that issued that debt isn’t
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Just suppose we were only borrowing £35 billion a year – what could we do?
Over the last week I’ve been arguing that the government gilt purchases made under the quantitative easing programme effectively cancel that debt. Being realistic, as the IFS predict,
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Swiss whistle blower says era of banking secrecy is far from over
International Tax Review is carrying an exclusive interview with whistleblower Ruedi Elmer in which he talks about his experiences as chief operating officer for Swiss bank Julius Bär
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Explaining the accounting of why the UK only has debt of £650 billion right now
I have noted that when my explanation of why the UK owes much less debt (see also here) than the Tories claim was posted on the
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