Andy Burnham tried to present his great economic and social vision in the House of Commons yesterday, blaming Thatcherism and Brexit for the state that
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What is enough?
Why are we never allowed to have enough? Modern economies constantly encourage us to want more: more possessions, more consumption, more experiences and often more
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Debate Ammunition: The Charity Shop Crisis
THE RICHARD J MURPHY YOUTUBE CHANNEL DEBATE AMMUNITION The Charity Shop Crisis: Reimagining the British High Street Funding the Future | August 2026 Topic Why
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What would a courageous government do?
This is an apparently serious news report in The Guardian this morning (and no, my copy is not dated 1 April): UK citizens will be
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The choice is clear: do we want more austerity, or an increase in well-being?
Financial Times columnist Stephen Bush has an article out this morning with the headline: Austerity denial and the mystery of Britain’s shrunken state In it,
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Infographic: Why do we need economic growth
How to expand this image If you press CTRL or Command and the Plus (+) key on your keyboard, your browser should increase the size
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Jamie Dimon’s choice
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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When will tipping points be reached?
Since waking rather early this morning, and without the benefit of any alarm clock, Nigel Farage’s by-election result (I hesitate to call it a victory)
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Is the London Stock Exchange irrelevant now?
As rarely as looking at a stopped clock when it is telling the right time, the Daily Telegraph does sometimes have an interesting message to
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