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 are six reasons why we need taxes
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024I posted this video this morning on a theme familiar to many here, I suspect: If the link does not work, it’s also here. The
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UK banks will go bust because of climate change
Monday, May 6th, 2024I posted this video on YouTube this morning: The transcript dealing with this pretty big, and vital claim is: UK banks are going to go
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Life does not get much better than this
Sunday, May 5th, 2024A near-perfect spring weekend. Thyme in my back garden. Early morning residues of rain on ivy, also in the back garden: Then to birding at
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Does MMT say we can spend without limit?
Sunday, May 5th, 2024I posted this video on YouTube this morning: The transcript is: People keep saying to me that modern monetary theory says that governments can create
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Economists are neither thinkers or problem solvers. Most are just mathematicians, and not very good ones at that
Saturday, May 4th, 2024I posted this video on YouTube this morning: This is the transcript: I’ve been reading a quite interesting book. This is it – The Trading
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Labour is not as out of touch with reality as the Tories, but it has only a vague relationship with it
Saturday, May 4th, 2024There is much to reflect on in the local election results so far, and although the mayoralties might still swing some opinions, if not much
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A good night for Labour - but also the Greens
Friday, May 3rd, 2024There is little point in providing any extensive commentary on what was happening in yesterday’s elections as yet. There are far too many polls still
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