Richard Murphy
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social
Economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting Practice, Sheffield University. Former chartered accountant. Political economist. Opinions all my own.
Why America, China and Russia are all built on the same fatal flaw youtu.be/NJM_9Pw_zxI?...
Why America, China and Russia are all built on the same fatal flaw
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January 26, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Why America, China and Russia are all built on the same fatal flaw youtu.be/NJM_9Pw_zxI?...
If the state can kill an observer and then lie about it, the question is not just who is safe, but who is believed. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
If the state can kill an observer and then lie about it, the question is not just who is safe, but who is believed.
After a week when Trump shocked the world, events in Minneapolis brought the focus right back to the USA.
The most disturbing part of the killing of Alex Pretti in that city yesterday is not what happ...
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January 25, 2026 at 8:36 AM
If the state can kill an observer and then lie about it, the question is not just who is safe, but who is believed. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
Neoliberalism is dying: Mark Carney’s Davos speech confirmed it youtu.be/AMTQNI3BV90?... What's next?
Neoliberalism is dying: Mark Carney’s Davos speech confirmed it
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January 25, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Neoliberalism is dying: Mark Carney’s Davos speech confirmed it youtu.be/AMTQNI3BV90?... What's next?
Trump didn’t shock me. Nato’s failure did youtu.be/ZjVSGpEBt1M?... Reflections on a week.
Trump didn’t shock me. Nato’s failure did
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January 24, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Trump didn’t shock me. Nato’s failure did youtu.be/ZjVSGpEBt1M?... Reflections on a week.
The new world we need is going to be messy – and that will be the foundation of its strength www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
The new world we need is going to be messy – and that will be the foundation of its strength
I am tired. Specifically, I am tired of Trump. I am tired of the confusion that he is creating. I am tired of the chaos that he is leaving in his wake. I am tired of the uncertainty that is harming pe...
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January 23, 2026 at 9:23 AM
The new world we need is going to be messy – and that will be the foundation of its strength www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
What to think now of Burnham? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
What to think now of Burnham?
There is talk again that Andy Burnham might return to Westminster. A byelection in Manchester opens the possibility, and if he does, there will be plenty of cynical commentary.
Some will say he is si...
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January 23, 2026 at 7:45 AM
What to think now of Burnham? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
That is one mightily effective party political broadcast, and it really is not often I have ever been able to say that after a lifetime watching them.
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January 22, 2026 at 8:17 PM
That is one mightily effective party political broadcast, and it really is not often I have ever been able to say that after a lifetime watching them.
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The most effective political communicator the UK has seen in a generation. Is @zackpolanski.bsky.social the right person at the right time? TBC. But he has tapped into the need for hope and as @richardjmurphy.bsky.social likes to say, the need for a new song.
Help us make hope normal again.
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January 22, 2026 at 8:11 PM
The most effective political communicator the UK has seen in a generation. Is @zackpolanski.bsky.social the right person at the right time? TBC. But he has tapped into the need for hope and as @richardjmurphy.bsky.social likes to say, the need for a new song.
If you want to know why we need to consign the heinous thinking of neoliberals to history, note this from the FT on Trump's plan to redevelop Gaza, this afternoon. Do Palestinian's feature? Not once...
January 22, 2026 at 5:08 PM
If you want to know why we need to consign the heinous thinking of neoliberals to history, note this from the FT on Trump's plan to redevelop Gaza, this afternoon. Do Palestinian's feature? Not once...
The necessary post-Trump consensus www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
The necessary post-Trump consensus
Another day, and more madness from Trump. What else can I say about his Davos appearance yesterday?
Fools appear to be celebrating that he had backed off military action, as if his word might be reli...
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January 22, 2026 at 7:51 AM
The necessary post-Trump consensus www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
Trump's Chaos Is Triggering Market Collapse youtu.be/o1txFAMM4FY?...
Trump's Chaos Is Triggering Market Collapse
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January 22, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Trump's Chaos Is Triggering Market Collapse youtu.be/o1txFAMM4FY?...
2026 looks as if it will be a brutal year www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
2026 looks as if it will be a brutal year
As the FT notes this morning:
The governor of the Bank of England has warned there are “substantial risks” of spillovers to UK financial markets from Donald Trump’s attacks on the independence of the ...
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January 21, 2026 at 7:35 AM
2026 looks as if it will be a brutal year www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
NATO's over – Europe must grow up now youtu.be/bJB11QDs-zc?...
NATO's over – Europe must grow up now
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January 21, 2026 at 7:09 AM
NATO's over – Europe must grow up now youtu.be/bJB11QDs-zc?...
Yesterday, Danish troops, who stood shoulder to shoulder with U.S. troops in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021, arrived in Greenland to defend the island from the United States of America. Think about that. The world is in a mess so great it's hard to comprehend.
January 20, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Yesterday, Danish troops, who stood shoulder to shoulder with U.S. troops in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021, arrived in Greenland to defend the island from the United States of America. Think about that. The world is in a mess so great it's hard to comprehend.
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Bruce Springsteen: “ICE should get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
January 19, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Bruce Springsteen: “ICE should get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
Are we fighting evil when we take on President Trump? youtu.be/DwoIrxZn47I?...
Are we fighting evil when we take on President Trump?
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January 20, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Are we fighting evil when we take on President Trump? youtu.be/DwoIrxZn47I?...
Keir Starmer says he does not think Trump will use force to take Greenland.
I think Starmer has exceptionally poor judgment.
I think Starmer has exceptionally poor judgment.
January 19, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Keir Starmer says he does not think Trump will use force to take Greenland.
I think Starmer has exceptionally poor judgment.
I think Starmer has exceptionally poor judgment.
Did anyone else note that Starmer says he spoke to Trump yesterday and said he welcomed the role he is playing in Gaza?
Pardon? What? He welcomes the post genocidal rebuidling of Gaza as a playground for the rich? Either Starmer is a fool, or he is very dangerous. He might, of course, be both.
Pardon? What? He welcomes the post genocidal rebuidling of Gaza as a playground for the rich? Either Starmer is a fool, or he is very dangerous. He might, of course, be both.
January 19, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Did anyone else note that Starmer says he spoke to Trump yesterday and said he welcomed the role he is playing in Gaza?
Pardon? What? He welcomes the post genocidal rebuidling of Gaza as a playground for the rich? Either Starmer is a fool, or he is very dangerous. He might, of course, be both.
Pardon? What? He welcomes the post genocidal rebuidling of Gaza as a playground for the rich? Either Starmer is a fool, or he is very dangerous. He might, of course, be both.
Richard Murphy: There’s a powerful message within Shona Robison’s Budget www.thenational.scot/politics/257...
Richard Murphy: There’s a powerful message within Shona Robison’s Budget
IT is very easy to look at Shona Robison’s Budget announcements last week and conclude that, in the strict sense, they are not very significant
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January 19, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Richard Murphy: There’s a powerful message within Shona Robison’s Budget www.thenational.scot/politics/257...
Speaker Mike Johnson of the US House of Representatives is meant to address Parliament here in London tomorrow as a representative of the US government. Really? Now? When the US is threatening war against NATO? Suely Starner must cancel this?
January 19, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Speaker Mike Johnson of the US House of Representatives is meant to address Parliament here in London tomorrow as a representative of the US government. Really? Now? When the US is threatening war against NATO? Suely Starner must cancel this?
Will a US Treasury sell-off work? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01... The answer is, probably not.
Will a US Treasury sell off work?
I was asked this question on the blog yesterday:
Would a mass sell off of US Treasuries by EU and others put pressure back on Trump and his Congress?
Since it is doing the social media rounds, I gave ...
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January 19, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Will a US Treasury sell-off work? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01... The answer is, probably not.
Don't ask, when are we going to do MMT? We already are youtu.be/J6ZUJbl829E?...
Don't ask, when are we going to do MMT? We already are
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January 19, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Don't ask, when are we going to do MMT? We already are youtu.be/J6ZUJbl829E?...
Do we succumb to the politics of might, or choose the politics of care? That's the challenge the world faces now. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
Do we succumb to the politics of might, or choose the politics of care?
It would be terribly convenient to suggest that Donald Trump is mad; that his breaches of international law can be ignored; that his threats of imposing tariffs on countries including the UK, so that ...
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January 18, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Do we succumb to the politics of might, or choose the politics of care? That's the challenge the world faces now. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
Can Europe rise to the US challenge? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
Can Europe rise to the US challenge?
Recent statements by Trump’s regime in the USA concerning territorial claims on Greenland, backed now with threats of tariffs on all states that object to his plan that this country, which is the sove...
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January 18, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Can Europe rise to the US challenge? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
This buzzard sat no more than six metres from us for more than five minutes whilst we watched it from the stationary car on the way to WWT Welney yesterday. A great bird, happily hunting for worms on the bank behind it.
January 18, 2026 at 7:15 AM
This buzzard sat no more than six metres from us for more than five minutes whilst we watched it from the stationary car on the way to WWT Welney yesterday. A great bird, happily hunting for worms on the bank behind it.