This is the first in a series of infographics which will continue with: Microecnomics Macroeconomics Political economy The household analogy And more. How to expand
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Government
This is the ninth in a series of essays on the politics of care and economics of hope. The others are listed at the end of this
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The political economy of adaptation
This is a longer-than-usual blog post. As I note at the end, it was essentially co-developed with Jacqueline in a long session over coffee in
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Debate Ammunition: What Is Society?
THE RICHARD J MURPHY YOUTUBE CHANNEL DEBATE AMMUNITION What Is Society? Funding the Future | July 2026 Topic Why the economic assumption that society emerges
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Society
This is the eighth in a series of essays on the politics of care and economics of hope. The others are listed at the end of this
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Taxation
This is the sixth in a series of essays on the politics of care and economics of hope. The others are listed at the end of this essay.
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Obsession
This is the sixth in a series of essays on the politics of care and economics of hope. The others are listed at the end of this
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National savings bonds: what is there to lose?
A comment was posted by regular commentator Kit W-N overnight on yesterday’s proposal to issue bonds to reconnect public savings with public purpose. The issues
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Funding the future
The supposed need for increased UK defence spending – although on what no one seems to know – and the claim by Keir Starmer that
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