The list of places where riots took place in France over the weekend feels like the list of places a couture house might boast of
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What is Austerity?
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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A better song to sing
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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The collapse of neoliberalism: the podcast version
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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Who really runs Britain?
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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Scotland’s economic future
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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What is neoliberalism?
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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Are our politicians just twiddling their thumbs?
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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MMT, trade and the pound
What would happen to foreign exchange, imports and exports if the UK had a government that understood modern monetary theory? Would money leave Britain because
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