Having already noted this morning one new event at which I will be speaking before this year is out, let me note another at which
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There is something quite extraordinary about the Conservative Party apparently deciding that cutting inheritance tax should be a centrepiece of its attempt to recover its
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What is tax really for? Most people assume that governments need to collect tax before they can spend. But for a government like that of
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How do you actually change the world? In this Funding the Future podcast, I talk with my old friend and fellow Tax Justice Network co-founder
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My View on … Tax Richard J Murphy October 2026 ____________________ This post is part of an ongoing series in which I set out my
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Politicians and economic commentators constantly talk about “taxpayers’ money”. In this video, I argue that this phrase fundamentally misrepresents how government spending and taxation work.
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Ever since I wrote my book ‘The Joy of Tax’, I have argued that there are six reasons to tax, none of which have anything
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The UK tax system is supposed to be progressive. In reality, wealthy people can pay a smaller proportion of their income in tax than millions
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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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