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Richard J Murphy @UCGlMOIZ1A3zluwLXTGpzZfw@youtube.com

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07:50
What’s the real reason why we tax?
04:23
Do you care? That’s the political question for 2024
07:45
UK company law is a joke: it exists, but no one enforces it
06:22
The government can never run out of money
10:06
Is £90,000 a year a middle class income?
13:43
Wes Streeting really does want to privatise the NHS
08:34
What is the point of the Tories?
09:40
Quantitative tightening denies us the investment we need
06:58
We need a Bank of England, but not the one we’ve got
05:21
Labour isn’t interested in reform
46:17
The speech Keir Starmer should have given
11:12
Oh dear, Keir
06:21
Rachel Reeves really is clueless
10:55
Who should Labour tax?
05:39
Perfection is the enemy of the good
06:53
Why can’t Labour do critical thinking?
06:47
What is the single transferable party?
05:13
Labour hasn't got a story to tell
13:42
Can commercial banks create money out of thin air?
07:58
Why is modern monetary theory so important?
07:43
Where is Labour going?
04:59
What is the obsession with gold?
09:38
Understanding QE
09:04
Can we afford the welfare state?
06:08
Does Taylor Swift's opinion matter?
08:18
Labour should be picking on tax cheats
05:55
Why is Labour picking on pensioners?
10:33
The Bank of England is overdue for reform
07:19
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland need better powers to tax
21:19
What is modern monetary theory
07:40
A cappuccino is the perfect metaphor for the mixed economy
06:22
The days when managing the economy is all about inflation should be over
08:14
The far right is more popular than at any time since 1945. Why is that?
05:25
Why is Keir Starmer so obsessed with denying the free movement of people?
08:27
Almost a quarter of young people are dissatisfied with their lives in the UK. Why is that?
10:32
Labour is a neoliberal political party
04:21
Economics for the person on the Mile End Road
10:03
Six ways to fill Labour’s fiscal “black hole”
06:19
Keir Starmer’s ‘vision statement’, delivered this week, was anything but that
05:48
Can there ever be taxpayer money?
07:54
Land value taxation is not the panacea that its proponents claim
06:04
Do we really live in a world of take it or leave it?
05:56
What politicians need to know about decision making
11:52
I do social media to change things
09:15
Interest paid on government debt increases private wealth
07:48
You can’t base macroeconomics on microeconomics
05:59
Why are we still giving limited liability to almost anyone who asks for it?
04:59
The government can never run out of money
06:50
Rachel Reeves would make a mess of any household’s finances
08:39
There’s nothing in a tax haven
07:49
The national debt need never be repaid
08:23
Large company accounts are works of fiction
06:26
Rachel Reeves is already making a mess of her Chancellorship
09:12
We don’t need a wealth tax, yet
10:34
Saving in itself is merely negative
09:46
Why do governments issue bonds when they don’t need to?
05:47
If the government wants growth it should be taxing wealth
06:19
Whatever else is claimed about it, crypto is not a currency
07:06
It’s time to bring the Bank of England back under government control
05:48
Businesses are no more efficient than the people who work in them