Richard Murphy
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social
Economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting Practice, Sheffield University. Former chartered accountant. Political economist. Opinions all my own.
You’re not crazy. They are. youtube.com/shorts/tVGNV...
You’re not crazy. They are.
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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January 4, 2026 at 1:55 PM
You’re not crazy. They are. youtube.com/shorts/tVGNV...
Geese on thin ice at WWT Welney this morning.
January 4, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Geese on thin ice at WWT Welney this morning.
The evidence is overwhelming that US action in Venezuela is not in the interests of the USA and its people, who have very different priorities. So who is really behind this operation, and why, and to what end?
January 4, 2026 at 1:02 PM
The evidence is overwhelming that US action in Venezuela is not in the interests of the USA and its people, who have very different priorities. So who is really behind this operation, and why, and to what end?
AI and the New Digital Divide youtube.com/shorts/91CdJ...
AI and the New Digital Divide
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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January 4, 2026 at 8:14 AM
AI and the New Digital Divide youtube.com/shorts/91CdJ...
Venezuela and freedom from fear www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
Venezuela and freedom from fear
As every reader must know now, the United States has used military force against Venezuela, following years of escalating sanctions, diplomatic pressure, and explicit threats of intervention. Whatever...
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January 4, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Venezuela and freedom from fear www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
You’re not crazy. The world really is mad. youtu.be/1ypHclhpnhU?...
You’re not crazy. The world really is mad.
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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January 4, 2026 at 7:28 AM
You’re not crazy. The world really is mad. youtu.be/1ypHclhpnhU?...
Trump and the fragile world we now live in youtu.be/zxpk2-f8vUY?...
Trump and the fragile world we now live in
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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January 3, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Trump and the fragile world we now live in youtu.be/zxpk2-f8vUY?...
Will AI create a new digital divide and drag the economy down? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
Will AI create a new digital divide and drag the economy down?
The FT noted this yesterday:
Consumers should prepare for price increases this year, of as much as 20 per cent for smartphones, computers and home appliances, analysts and manufacturers have warned, a...
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January 2, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Will AI create a new digital divide and drag the economy down? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
Why older people are walking away from what markets want to sell youtu.be/2CvPyEevcAY?...
Why older people are walking away from what markets sell
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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January 2, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Why older people are walking away from what markets want to sell youtu.be/2CvPyEevcAY?...
In this New Year’s Day video, I explain why the neoliberal myth of “free markets” is not just wrong, but actively destructive — and why rebuilding the state, rethinking capital and restoring democratic accountability must define our economic direction for 2026.
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Markets only exist because the state makes them possible
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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January 1, 2026 at 7:10 AM
In this New Year’s Day video, I explain why the neoliberal myth of “free markets” is not just wrong, but actively destructive — and why rebuilding the state, rethinking capital and restoring democratic accountability must define our economic direction for 2026.
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2025 has been an extraordinary year for my channel. 30 million views. And a growing appetite for something better than the economics and politics we are offered today.
In this video, I set out how this channel and the Funding the Future blog will evolve in 2026,
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In this video, I set out how this channel and the Funding the Future blog will evolve in 2026,
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Looking for a new economy in 2026
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December 31, 2025 at 7:15 AM
2025 has been an extraordinary year for my channel. 30 million views. And a growing appetite for something better than the economics and politics we are offered today.
In this video, I set out how this channel and the Funding the Future blog will evolve in 2026,
youtu.be/KirSSr3M1g0?...
In this video, I set out how this channel and the Funding the Future blog will evolve in 2026,
youtu.be/KirSSr3M1g0?...
2025 was a disastrous year — economically, politically and morally. The consequences of that failure are only just beginning to arrive.
In this video, I ask a simple but uncomfortable question: who is going to pay the price in 2026?
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In this video, I ask a simple but uncomfortable question: who is going to pay the price in 2026?
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2026 Financial Reckoning | What They're Not Telling You
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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December 30, 2025 at 7:18 AM
2025 was a disastrous year — economically, politically and morally. The consequences of that failure are only just beginning to arrive.
In this video, I ask a simple but uncomfortable question: who is going to pay the price in 2026?
youtu.be/9e7B5NBRZw8?...
In this video, I ask a simple but uncomfortable question: who is going to pay the price in 2026?
youtu.be/9e7B5NBRZw8?...
Richard Murphy: What do I want from 2026? Here is what’s high on the list www.thenational.scot/politics/257...
Richard Murphy: What do I want from 2026? Here is what’s high on the list
perhaps most of all right now, I want an end to the toxicity of our politics. By that I mean an end to the politics of prejudice promoted by Reform,…
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December 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Richard Murphy: What do I want from 2026? Here is what’s high on the list www.thenational.scot/politics/257...
Why light matters to everyone youtu.be/P8uHyLHcJ-c?...
Why light matters to everyone
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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December 29, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Why light matters to everyone youtu.be/P8uHyLHcJ-c?...
Burnout is not a personal failure. It is the result of an economic system that steals time, daylight and energy from our lives.
Light is a public good. Time should not be a privilege. A society that denies people light cannot be surprised when they struggle to heal.
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Light is a public good. Time should not be a privilege. A society that denies people light cannot be surprised when they struggle to heal.
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Capitalism steals light from our health
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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December 28, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Burnout is not a personal failure. It is the result of an economic system that steals time, daylight and energy from our lives.
Light is a public good. Time should not be a privilege. A society that denies people light cannot be surprised when they struggle to heal.
youtu.be/AMvXkcC6doc?...
Light is a public good. Time should not be a privilege. A society that denies people light cannot be surprised when they struggle to heal.
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Economic questions: the Karl Polanyi question www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
Economic questions: the Karl Polanyi question
This is one of a series of posts that will ask what the most pertinent question raised by a prominent influencer of political economy might have been, and what the relevance of that question might be ...
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December 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Economic questions: the Karl Polanyi question www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
Light, entropy and why care keeps us alive youtu.be/a5A_28igS5Y?...
Light, entropy and why care keeps us alive
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December 27, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Light, entropy and why care keeps us alive youtu.be/a5A_28igS5Y?...
A wintry Boxing Day birding session at WWT Welney produced this. Of the three waders in the centre of the picture there is a redshank at the top, a ruff just to the left of it and a black tailed godwit at the bottom. Bring your wellies and fill them with delights like this.
December 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A wintry Boxing Day birding session at WWT Welney produced this. Of the three waders in the centre of the picture there is a redshank at the top, a ruff just to the left of it and a black tailed godwit at the bottom. Bring your wellies and fill them with delights like this.
Zack Polanski, migration, the Greens, and an economics of care www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
Zack Polanski, migration, the Greens, and an economics of care
Zack Polanski issued a Christmas message yesterday that demanded the country solve the problem of small boats crossing the English Channel.
As he pointed out, quite fairly, France is not a safe place ...
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December 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Zack Polanski, migration, the Greens, and an economics of care www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
Every economy runs on light.
Without light, there is no life. Without life, there is no labour.
Without labour, there is no economy.
Yet modern economics behaves as if energy, health, and human limits do not matter. Why? That's the question I address here.
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Without light, there is no life. Without life, there is no labour.
Without labour, there is no economy.
Yet modern economics behaves as if energy, health, and human limits do not matter. Why? That's the question I address here.
youtu.be/-9fhIFH9wCA?...
Every economy runs on light.
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
December 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Every economy runs on light.
Without light, there is no life. Without life, there is no labour.
Without labour, there is no economy.
Yet modern economics behaves as if energy, health, and human limits do not matter. Why? That's the question I address here.
youtu.be/-9fhIFH9wCA?...
Without light, there is no life. Without life, there is no labour.
Without labour, there is no economy.
Yet modern economics behaves as if energy, health, and human limits do not matter. Why? That's the question I address here.
youtu.be/-9fhIFH9wCA?...
Light as Survival: The Radical Truth Behind Christmas youtu.be/y5KzethXUxk?...
A Christmas(y) video. Have a happy Christmas.
A Christmas(y) video. Have a happy Christmas.
Light as Survival: The Radical Truth Behind Christmas
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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December 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Light as Survival: The Radical Truth Behind Christmas youtu.be/y5KzethXUxk?...
A Christmas(y) video. Have a happy Christmas.
A Christmas(y) video. Have a happy Christmas.
Why light matters this Christmas
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This is the first in a six-video Christmas series exploring light, not just as a festival symbol, but as a political and economic necessity.
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This is the first in a six-video Christmas series exploring light, not just as a festival symbol, but as a political and economic necessity.
Why light matters this Christmas
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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December 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Why light matters this Christmas
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This is the first in a six-video Christmas series exploring light, not just as a festival symbol, but as a political and economic necessity.
youtu.be/sx6Auou_L4U?...
This is the first in a six-video Christmas series exploring light, not just as a festival symbol, but as a political and economic necessity.
As Christmas approaches, many people ask what they want. But there is a more important question we should be asking: what did we need – and not get?
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What Britain needed this year – and did not get
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December 23, 2025 at 7:10 AM
As Christmas approaches, many people ask what they want. But there is a more important question we should be asking: what did we need – and not get?
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As Christmas approaches, I reflect on my word of the year: pleonexia — an ancient Greek term describing the insatiable desire to take more than your fair share, even when it harms others. In 2025, we saw that everywhere.
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The ancient word that explains 2025
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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December 22, 2025 at 7:10 AM
As Christmas approaches, I reflect on my word of the year: pleonexia — an ancient Greek term describing the insatiable desire to take more than your fair share, even when it harms others. In 2025, we saw that everywhere.
youtu.be/V_5MAVyR1JY?...
youtu.be/V_5MAVyR1JY?...
The push for wealth taxes has been one of the defining economic debates of 2025. The question now is how to create policies that work.
If we are serious about justice, democracy and effective government, this is the path we should take.
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If we are serious about justice, democracy and effective government, this is the path we should take.
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If we want tax justice in 2026, this is the way to tax wealth
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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December 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The push for wealth taxes has been one of the defining economic debates of 2025. The question now is how to create policies that work.
If we are serious about justice, democracy and effective government, this is the path we should take.
youtu.be/iSE8GsNZgBU?...
If we are serious about justice, democracy and effective government, this is the path we should take.
youtu.be/iSE8GsNZgBU?...