Richard Murphy on tax, accounting and political economy

Johnson’s letter

Posted on March 31 2020

I share this from Dr Rupert Read of the Green Party. Rupert is a philosopher at the University of East Anglia. Rupert is not inclined
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Changes to insolvency rules will not save businesses – they’ll simply save a few directors whilst leaving the economy as a whole to sink

Posted on March 30 2020

The government announced changes to regulations on insolvency laws this morning using emergency powers that have been provided to them. They said: Under the plans,
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If lockdown lasts six months the lost human capital will take a very long time to recover

Posted on March 30 2020

I am far from alone in being worried right now. I know that. Quite reasonably people are fearful at many levels. And so am I.
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An end to fracking? It cannot come too soon

Posted on March 30 2020

Like many people with concern for the environment, I am deeply opposed to fracking. This profoundly destructive process fuels demand for carbon based fuel that
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Tackling the post-coronavirus economic myths: runaway inflation and tax increases are not around the corner

Posted on March 30 2020

I am beginning to see an increasing number of post-coronavirus economic myths emerging on twitter and other media. These need to be tackled now. I
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Where Italy is going we’re heading next – and social unrest is growing there

Posted on March 29 2020

I share this from Sky News: And you wonder why I am worried?

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Boris Johnson is spending £5.8 million to get his coronavirus excuses in early

Posted on March 29 2020

As many report this morning, Boris Johnson is writing to all households in the UK at a cost of £5.8 million. The reason is to
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Is world leading NHS care an affordable proposition?

Posted on March 29 2020

In October 2017 the Progressive Pulse blog, which I publish but rarely appear on, posted the following blog which appeared under the above title. I
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Deficits are going to skyrocket but taxes and borrowing aren’t, because QE is going to cover the cost of coronavirus

Posted on March 28 2020

The FT has this estimate of the scale of the UK government budget deficit in 2020/21 in the paper today: I think this is a
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