Richard Murphy
Tuesday, July 4th, 2006Richard Murphy (66) was a practising chartered accountant for forty years and is now a political economist. He is Professor of Accounting at Sheffield University
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It really is time that politicians took note of modern monetary theory
Monday, April 29th, 2024The Guardian has an editorial this morning that I recommend reading in full, but which I will discuss here nonetheless. Of most note in their
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The stories we tell each other about the economy in which we live are more important than the data we collect about it
Thursday, March 28th, 2024With politicians, taking an Easter break, inspiration has to come from elsewhere this morning. I am returning, in that case, to the article by economics
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Are you a democrat, or not? That is the question that MMT poses, and which everyone needs to answer.
Tuesday, March 26th, 2024This comment/question was put up on the blog this morning by someone called Peter Rodd. I am presuming it is genuine: Enjoy your posts and
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You can’t say MMT does not work because you think Scotland will be a failed state after independence
Monday, March 25th, 2024This tweet was posted over the weekend: “I’m the Fox Mulder of MMT. I want to believe, but there’s a thing called the current account
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Apologies for absence
Monday, March 18th, 2024There are a number of themes I might have posted about this morning. Martin Wolf has an article worth commenting on in the FT. I
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Why are their Lordships so frightened of modern monetary theory?
Saturday, March 16th, 2024I have already noted the bizarre evidence submitted by Joe Stiglitz to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee. Now, I have been tipped off
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Joe Stiglitz really should not talk about modern monetary theory when he so obviously has no clue about what it actually says
Friday, March 15th, 2024I have not had time to read all the evidence submitted to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee on the sustainability of the UK’s national
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A lesson from history
Friday, March 8th, 2024Alan Peyton posted a comment on this blog yesterday noting a letter that he has sent to HM Treasury, among others, on the subject of
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