Economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting Practice, Sheffield University. Former chartered accountant. Political economist. Opinions all my own.
Tax havens: what really happens behind closed doors? youtu.be/uh2ZUcYOovg?... The whistleblowers' view on the tax haven world paints a very different picture from the one they would like to project.
Tax havens: what really happens behind closed doors?YouTube video by Richard J Murphyyoutu.beWhy young people are losing faith in our economy youtu.be/kAPAcIBwK1w?... Have the young had enough? Is the bottom rising? Are they ready to demand change?
Why young people are losing faith in our economyYouTube video by Richard J Murphyyoutu.beAndy Burnham is asking the wrong question about social care youtu.be/CsW6cBnXMco?... Suppose the issue isn't budgets at all, but why we are so sick for so long before we die? Shouldn't we be looking at causes, not consequences, when solving the social care problem?
Andy Burnham is asking the wrong question about social careYouTube video by Richard J Murphyyoutu.beWhy governments keep failing youtu.be/F3mcah3KPno?... Why have we failed to tackle climate change and so much else when we knew what had to be done? Could it be that vested interests are comfortable with the way things are, despite the consequences for most people and the planet?
Why governments keep failingYouTube video by Richard J Murphyyoutu.beTrump’s war proves what really limits governments youtu.be/zV0srvwdsqI?... Trump's just discovered it's not the availability of money that limits government - it's the availability of real resources that does that, just as MMT says.
Trump’s war proves what really limits governmentsYouTube video by Richard J Murphyyoutu.beWhy must Labour comply with fiscal rules when they are nothing of the sort? www.thenational.scot/politics/264... Me in the @scotnational.bsky.social today.
Why must Labour comply with fiscal rules when they are nothing of the sort?ANDY Burnham said it in his first comments to his Cabinet. John Healey, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, said it in his first presentation to…www.thenational.scotHow the Bank of England deliberately creates unemployment in the UK youtu.be/2lmF9rAEgYU?... Why do we let it very deliberately do that in the name of so-called monetary policy, which is profoundly anti-social as they deliver it?
How the Bank of England deliberately creates unemployment in the UKYouTube video by Richard J Murphyyoutu.beWill oil at $100 a barrel create a crisis for the UK? youtu.be/D4UQ7k6T6k4?... Yes, in a word. And we're not ready for it. And nor is Andy Burnham.
Will oil at $100 a barrel create a crisis for the UK?YouTube video by Richard J Murphyyoutu.beCan Andy Burnham think big enough to succeed as prime minister? youtu.be/hqRUbWPiOTk?... Burnham has a problem: he thinks like a mayor. He's already just fiddling within the rules when what we need is someone who is going to change them.
Can Andy Burnham think big enough to succeed as prime minister?YouTube video by Richard J Murphyyoutu.beThe stock market crash coming our way could wipe 50% off share prices youtu.be/tpLQftkr99o?... The AI bubble is bursting from the bottom up. The proverbial will hit the fan. The only questions are when and how our government will react.
The stock market crash coming our way could wipe 50% off share pricesYouTube video by Richard J Murphyyoutu.beMy View On … Work www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/07... Some in-depth thinking.
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This post is part of an ongoing series in which I set out my views on significant issues in economi...www.taxresearch.org.ukohn Healey's first speech gets economics wrong youtu.be/cAfh3cKxf2E?... If you are seriously confused about your job spec and think it was written by George Osborne, how can you succeed?
John Healey's first speech gets economics wrongYouTube video by Richard J Murphyyoutu.beMoney is not the scarce resource for Burnham. Ideas are. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/07... Burnham is "paying" for £2 bus fares by making international climate funding into loans, which have always turned out badly. Rehashing failed ideas does not deliver radical government. It repeats failure.
Money is not the scarce resource for Burnham. Ideas are.The unfolding economic disaster that is Andy Burnham's new government continues to expose the already failed logic in its political thinking this morning.
As The Guardian has reported:
Single bus far...www.taxresearch.org.ukI had some hopes. John Healey has shattered them www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/07... John Healey outlined what he saw as the role of the Treasury in a speech yesterday. It was pure George Osborne. There is no hope for Burnham with Healey in No. 11.
I had some hopes. John Healey has shattered themJohn Healey’s appointment as Chancellor surprised many people, me included. The biggest reason for surprise was that he has no record as an economic thinker.
As I noted on Monday evening, he might ha...www.taxresearch.org.uk