Austerity was never necessary. It was a political choice, and Britain is still paying the price. In 2010, George Osborne told Britain that the government
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I took the time to reflect yesterday. A week of intense work required that I take a break, but my brain rarely turns off, and
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This is a podcast I recorded a little over a week ago with my old friend Tony Groves, who runs the Echo Chamber podcast in
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Are we living through a new Gilded Age, where a small number of enormous corporations have accumulated too much economic and political power? In this
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These were my speaking notes for the meeting I addressed this morning: SNP fringe meeting: Scotland’s economic future Richard Murphy The problem is not finding
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I am doing an SNP Conference fringe meeting with Steve Keen and others, admittedly via a Zoom link, soon after 9 this morning. Until, and
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What is neoliberalism, and why has it had such a devastating impact on Britain’s economy, public services and democracy? Neoliberalism has dominated economic and political
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I struggled through this morning’s media news reports from the UK, USA and elsewhere. I usually end up with more ideas as a consequence of
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My belief that Andy Burnham is growing in confidence about his chances of electoral success has been reinforced by his comments made about the Greens
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