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Posts from Richard Murphy at Tax Research UK
- There are six reasons why we need taxeson 7 May 2024 by Richard Murphy
I 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 Read the full article...
- The Greens were the biggest winners in the local elections, so why aren’t they getting fair air time?on 7 May 2024 by Richard Murphy
I am annoyed that no one seems to be stating who the real winner of the local elections was. This is the data, from the Read the full article...
- We don’t need mayors: we need proper local governmenton 7 May 2024 by Richard Murphy
Simon Jenkins is the most annoying of Guardian columnists. A great deal of what he writes is total nonsense. But, every now and again he Read the full article...
- UK banks will go bust because of climate changeon 6 May 2024 by Richard Murphy
I posted this video on YouTube this morning: The transcript dealing with this pretty big, and vital claim is: UK banks are going to go Read the full article...
- ‘Sadmin’on 6 May 2024 by Richard Murphy
It is a Bank Holiday in England today. I don’t always respect them. The habits of 40 years of self-employment encourage such indifference. But today Read the full article...
Posts from Bill Mitchell – Modern Monetary Theory
- COVID-19 myopia – it actually costs more to have no acute care protocols in place and more people die as a resulton 6 May 2024 by bill
I regularly scan research output from disciplines other than economics that I think impacts on economic matters. On April 17, 2024, a new study from medical researchers at the Burnett Institute in Melbourne, working with staff at the Department of Health and Human Services, in Victoria published a pre-print in The Lancet – Admission Screening…
- The green growth paradigm has a long tradition – which has never been supportableon 2 May 2024 by bill
In October 1987, the United Nations published a report – Our Common Future – (aka Brundland Report) which was the work of the then World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) – that was chaird by the then Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland. It laid out a multilateral approach to dealing with climate change…
- The yen, podcast, and book announcement – all on International Workers’ Dayon 1 May 2024 by bill
It’s Wednesday and today I consider the current yen situation which is causing some hysteria in the financial media even though there is not much to worry about. I also provide access to my latest podcast with the Washington-based Bad Faith, which traverses issues of class, the demise of the Left, Modern Monetary Theory (MMT)…
- Japan’s municipalities disappearing as population shrinkson 29 April 2024 by bill
I have just finished reading a report from the Population Strategy Council (PSC) of Japan – 令和6年・地方自治体「持続可能性」分析レポート (2024 Local government “sustainability” analysis report) – that was released last week April 24, 2024). The study found that around 40 per cent of the towns (municipalities) in Japan will likely disappear because their populations are in rapid…
- Australia’s inflation rate continues to fall yet some bank economists think further interest rate rises are possibleon 25 April 2024 by bill
Yesterday (April 24, 2024), the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the latest – Consumer Price Index, Australia – for the March-quarter 2024. The data showed that the inflation rate continues to fall – down to 3.6 per cent from 4 per cent in line with global supply trends. There is nothing in this quarterly…
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