Funding the Future

Richard Murphy and occasional friends talking about everything you need to know to understand the economy, tax, finance and how we fund our future.

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Episodes

Sunday Jun 29, 2025

Neoliberalism promised prosperity—but it’s delivering obesity, anxiety, and inequality. Public services are failing, mental health is collapsing, and ultra-processed food dominates our lives. Is it time we faced the truth and built something better?

Sunday Jun 29, 2025

Quantitative tightening, high interest rates, and no growth, and all because the Bank of England's policies are damaging households, businesses, and the whole UK economy. Is it time to bring them under control?

Saturday Jun 28, 2025

The Resolution Foundation says UK incomes will flatline until 2030. This isn’t an accident—it’s by design. High interest rates, unfair taxes, and Labour's inaction are all crushing incomes and deepening inequality. We need change.

Can you trust Stablecoins?

Thursday Jun 26, 2025

Thursday Jun 26, 2025

Stablecoins are promoted as financial innovation, but are the real winners those avoiding oversight, whether as tax dodgers, money launderers, or crypto speculators? 

Will Labour dump Starmer?

Wednesday Jun 25, 2025

Wednesday Jun 25, 2025

Keir Starmer is facing rebellion from more than 120 Labour MPs over benefit cuts that target the UK’s most vulnerable. Could this be the beginning of the end for his leadership? 
 

Is big business making you sick?

Wednesday Jun 25, 2025

Wednesday Jun 25, 2025

From addictive foods to lifetime drugs, corporations are profiting from your ill-health, and the NHS is left to foot the bill. This is how neoliberalism is eating the state from within.

Tuesday Jun 24, 2025

The US bombing of Iran could have massive consequences. Oil prices are rising. Stock markets are ignoring risk. And the Bank of England may react in all the wrong ways. This could spiral into inflation, recession, and even a political crisis.

Peace or endless war?

Monday Jun 23, 2025

Monday Jun 23, 2025

Is there a path to peace in the Middle East? In this video, I unpack the issues and suggest that current leadership is failing. 

Magic, myth or reality?

Sunday Jun 22, 2025

Sunday Jun 22, 2025

Forget the myths. In this video I set the record straight on MMT: what it is, how it works, and what it doesn’t claim to do. If you’ve ever wondered how modern monetary theory could change things, this is your explainer.

A New Politics in 2029?

Saturday Jun 21, 2025

Saturday Jun 21, 2025

Tired of Labour and the Tories? You’re not alone. Could a coalition of Greens, Lib Dems, SNP and others reshape UK politics by 2029? Watch and cast your vote in our poll.

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