Finance
Richard Murphy and Saila Stausholm: The Big Four – A study of opacity
Not recent, but still current today, concerning The secret world of the Big 4 firms of accountants
Richard Murphy
Economics
Richard Murphy – Why Positive Money is wrong
An interesting criticism of Positive Money, a topic about which we have posted a series of articles (see here) Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in International Political Economy, City University of London. He campaigns […]
Economics
Richard Murphy: The government does not spend taxpayers’ money: that clears the government’s debt to the Bank of England
Richard Murphy explains that taxes do not finance govenment spending, but helps to pay down debts. A government creates it own funds or borrows money when it needs it. The idea that a government cannot […]
Austerity
Richard Murphy: Tory austerity has delivered the worst decade for UK productivity growth since the 18th century
Should this be a surprise to anyone? The goal of austerity was to increase inequality, primarily at the cost of the poorest and weakest. Nothing more and nothing less. Read here
Economics
Richard Murphy: Can Labour talk tax?
Richard Murphy has an innate ability to recognise and define problems. What he writes here is valid not only for the UK, but all European nations. If you do not control your national finances, all […]
Finance
Richard Murphy – It’s time to tax wealth
Richard Murphy once again proposes to reform a tax system, which is already biased towards capital and is regressive. Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in International Political Economy, City University of London. He campaigns […]
Corruption
Richard Murphy – Guess who won from the Global Financial Crisis?
We have one tax scandal after the other. Not only do things not improve, they get worse. Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in International Political Economy, City University of London. He campaigns on issues […]
Economics
Richard Murphy – Modern Monetary Theory and tax havens
We at BRAVE NEW EUROPE have been highlighting Modern Monetary Theory. Here is another excellent article by Richard Murphy, this time in conjunction with tax avoidance Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in International Political […]
Economics
Richard Murphy – Public Sector Borrowing
We have been posting a number of articles regarding Modern Monetary Theory. Here Richard Murphy, one of the world’s leading tax experts, explains how it works, and the advantages. Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in […]
Economics
Richard Murphy – Modern monetary theory in a nutshell
Here is something to mull over on the weekend. BRAVE NEW EUROPE features a number of authors who are proponents of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). We consider it an extremely important idea and shall continue […]