Publications
Friday, February 10th, 2023This page refers to and links where possible to my major publications, largely to shut up those trolls who say I have never written anything.
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Richard Murphy
Tuesday, July 4th, 2006Richard Murphy (66) was a practising chartered accountant for forty years and is now a political economist. He is Professor of Accounting at Sheffield University
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About
Monday, July 3rd, 2006Funding the Future is written and managed by Richard Murphy on behalf of Tax Research LLP. Funding the Future, Tax Research UK and The Finance
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We need ISA reform, but not of the sort the finance industry is demanding
Tuesday, July 16th, 2024There was an article in the FT yesterday that said: What the ‘markets’ want is a single ISA scheme now, with which I have no
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When the Bank of England and the Chancellor agree on delivering economic policy that guarantees recession that's what we'll get
Tuesday, July 16th, 2024This is what the Bank of England once said on its website (recovered via Way Back Machine, thanks to blog reader Bill Kruse: When the
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Labour could end much child poverty overnight. It won't because it favours the wealthy instead. And that is unforgivable.
Monday, July 15th, 2024Larry Elliott has an article in the Guardian today with this heading: As Larry says: The first real test of Labour’s hardline approach to public
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Labour could demand that every business declare who it actually is
Monday, July 15th, 2024I have published this video this morning. In it I argue that there is still massive opacity available to businesses in the UK, many of
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Labour is not going to deliver
Saturday, July 6th, 2024I have published this video this morning. In it, I note that Labour is planning to base all its policies on growth and wealth creation.
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Private equity capitalists will be laughing themselves all the way to the bank tonight
Thursday, July 4th, 2024The FT includes an article this morning that suggests: Ownership of UK water companies has long been the preserve of specialist infrastructure investors attracted to
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