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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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It's not just Thames: the whole of the English water industry is environmentally insolvent
Friday, March 29th, 2024I posted this thread on Twitter last June, but it is just as relevant today: There has been much discussion about the likely failure of
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It is essential that the state regulate the private sector if we are to avoid fascism. It looks as if both Labour and the Tories have abandoned this goal.
Friday, March 29th, 2024In April 1938, President Franklin D Roosevelt sent a message to Congress in which he said: Unhappy events abroad have retaught us two simple truths
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The stories we tell each other about the economy in which we live are more important than the data we collect about it
Thursday, March 28th, 2024With politicians, taking an Easter break, inspiration has to come from elsewhere this morning. I am returning, in that case, to the article by economics
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There must be a better song to sing.
Wednesday, March 27th, 2024Ian Tresman, who is a fairly regular commentator on this blog has said this morning in a comment that: After World War II when Britain
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We need to put an end to the economic narratives that are proving to be so destructive of well-being
Wednesday, March 27th, 2024The collapse of a bridge in Baltimore after a ship collided with it is a tragedy for those who lost their lives as a result.
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Accountancy’s top social media influencer
Tuesday, March 26th, 2024This was published by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales this morning: I was pleased to note this publicity. The timing is
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Are you a democrat, or not? That is the question that MMT poses, and which everyone needs to answer.
Tuesday, March 26th, 2024This comment/question was put up on the blog this morning by someone called Peter Rodd. I am presuming it is genuine: Enjoy your posts and
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You can’t say MMT does not work because you think Scotland will be a failed state after independence
Monday, March 25th, 2024This tweet was posted over the weekend: “I’m the Fox Mulder of MMT. I want to believe, but there’s a thing called the current account
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