- What is fair when it comes to tax?on 24 April 2024 by Richard Murphy (Funding the Future)
I posted this video on YouTube this morning: This is the transcript: Taxes should be fair. I think that's obvious. Well, it should be to Read the full article...
- Without providing safe routes for potential refugees Keir Starmer has no way of stopping the boatson 24 April 2024 by Richard Murphy (Funding the Future)
I watched Keir Starmer talking on a news bulletin last night and heard him say, in words that echo those of Rishi Sunak, that we Read the full article...
- IMF now claiming that Japan has to inflict austerity when the government’s current policy settings a maintaining stabilityon 24 April 2024 by bill (William Mitchell – Modern Monetary Theory)
It was only a matter of time I suppose but the IMF is now focusing its nonsensical ‘growth friendly austerity’ mantra on Japan. In a recent interview, the former Portuguese Finance Minister now in charge of the IMF’s so-called ‘Fiscal Affairs Department’, Vitor Gaspar claimed that Japan is now in a precarious position and must…
- The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 and modern monetary theory – againon 23 April 2024 by Richard Murphy (Funding the Future)
I had a Twitter direct mail message from a quite well-known person a few days ago, asking two questions about the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. Read the full article...
- Who are the wealthy?on 23 April 2024 by Richard Murphy (Funding the Future)
I posted this video on YouTube this morning: This is the transcript: Who are the wealthy? That's a really important question, especially when I've written Read the full article...
- Why are politicians obsessing about debt?on 23 April 2024 by Richard Murphy (Funding the Future)
The Office for National Statistics has produced new figures for the national finances for March 2024 this morning. In their release, they say: Borrowing in Read the full article...
- Capital gains tax on houses – againon 23 April 2024 by Richard Murphy (Funding the Future)
I returned to the subject of capital gains tax on people's homes yesterday, knowing well that of all the proposals I made in the Taxing Read the full article...
- As disasters go, the Rwanda Bill knows almost no limits.on 23 April 2024 by Richard Murphy (Funding the Future)
The Lords gave in to the Commons on the Safety of Rwanda Bill last night, as ultimately they must. Democracy is sovereign and if those Read the full article...
- Subverting democracyon 22 April 2024 by Richard Murphy (Funding the Future)
As the Guardian notes this morning: Thousands of voters in the May local elections are at risk of being disenfranchised because of “cynical” rule changes Read the full article...
- The working dayon 22 April 2024 by Richard Murphy (Funding the Future)
There is a rumour, much-beloved of the right wing trolls who frequent this blog a lot more often at present than the comments section might Read the full article...