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Monday, June 1st, 2020In April 2020 I requested funding for this blog for the first time, at a time when my funding was looking pretty uncertain as a
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Comments and Data Protection
Friday, November 6th, 2009Comments As from 17 February 2014 the following comments policy shall apply on this blog: This blog is written by Richard Murphy as a narrative
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Richard Murphy
Tuesday, July 4th, 2006Richard Murphy (66) was a practising chartered accountant for forty years and is now a political economist. He is Professor of Accounting at Sheffield University
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About
Monday, July 3rd, 2006Funding the Future is written and managed by Richard Murphy on behalf of Tax Research LLP. Funding the Future, Tax Research UK and The Finance
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There is going to be no growth in the UK. Welcome to a world of Labour austerity and the resulting downward spiral of gloom and failure.
Thursday, May 2nd, 2024As the Guardian notes this morning: The UK’s economic outlook has worsened this year as high interest rates and the lingering effects of last year’s
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Would you like to see your GP, or know that the government is restricting your access using cast-iron fiscal rules?
Thursday, May 2nd, 2024One of the greatest source of disquiets about the NHS is not that there are long hospital waiting lists – although no-one is overly chuffed
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Advertising is designed to make you miserable
Thursday, May 2nd, 2024I posted this video on YouTube this morning: In case the link does not work for you, it can be found here. The transcript is
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Today might be polling day for you. Please vote.
Thursday, May 2nd, 2024There are elections in 107 local authorities across England today, as well as 11 mayoral races. A by-election will elect a new Blackpool South MP,
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Pragmatic approaches to taxing income from wealth more can always raise more money than a wealth tax
Thursday, May 2nd, 2024I was asked to comment on Brazil’s proposal for a global 2% annual wealth tax on billionaires by a journalist, yesterday. This is what I
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