The FTSE 100 is at a record high this morning: War. Oil shortages. The risk of recession. Climate breakdown. None of those matter apparently. All
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The Telegraph has reported this morning that: Wildfires and extreme weather are putting Britain’s food supplies at risk, the bosses of Britain’s biggest supermarkets have
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Netanyahu is in the USA right now. His aim is to get Trump to continue and even expand the futile war on Iran that these
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I have posted an infographic on the household analogy this morning, but as part of our experimentation on how to turn these infographics into carousel
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This is the fifth in this series of infographics on the basics of economics. Others in the series are: Economics Microeconomics Macroeconomics Political economy How
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THE RICHARD J MURPHY YOUTUBE CHANNEL DEBATE AMMUNITION Social Care and Healthspan Funding the Future | July 2026 Topic The social care debate is framed
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I gave an online talk on this theme last night. These were my speaking notes: Andy Burnham has correctly diagnosed many of Britain’s problems. He
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I have already written about deeply depressing economic thinking finding opportunity for expression in the pages of the FT this morning. Now let me do
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As the FT has reported this morning: Higher inflation caused by the Iran war will cut the real-terms value of UK public spending by £24bn
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