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Richard Murphy and occasional friends talking about everything you need to know to understand the economy, tax, finance and how we fund our future.... more
FAQs about Funding the Future:How many episodes does Funding the Future have?The podcast currently has 518 episodes available.
February 21, 2025King Donald needs to learn from historyDonald Trump has declared himself King in the USA. He should take a lesson from history. King Canute of England, Denmark and Norway knew there were limitations on regal power. Trump does not. That’s why he’s bound to fail....more9minPlay
February 20, 2025Hands off ISAs, I sayThe City wants an end to cash ISAs, and that would be a mistake...more13minPlay
February 19, 2025Elon Musk is wrongElon Musk might think he’s very smart, but his management style – which is controversial in the private sector – is totally alien to the state sector because it relies on the acceptability of failure and governments must never fail....more8minPlay
February 18, 2025Who are we defending in the UK?Who and what are we defending in the UK? It’s a question in need of an answer. As politicians and politicians demand more defence spending, whose rights are we defending, and so who should pick up the bill?...more12minPlay
February 17, 2025When will the MAGA give up on Trump?The MAGA put Trump back in the White House, but like Biden before him, nothing he’s doing is going to make ordinary Americans feel better off, and we know what they did to the Democrats as a result....more9minPlay
February 16, 2025Could the Bank of England make life better?The Bank of England could make our lives a lot better by changing some of its policies, but it shows no sign of doing so. Why then do we tolerate its supposed independence when that is used to undermine our well-being?...more12minPlay
February 15, 2025For how much longer will Rachel be in accounts?Rachel Reeves suffers with the nickname ‘Rachel form Accounts’. Only it looks like her own accounting has not been that good, and nor is her CV all she claims it to be. But is the real story that her colleagues want her out?...more9minPlay
February 14, 2025Where does £80 billion extra for defence come from?Trump says we need to spend five per cent of our GDP on defence. That would increase the spend from £60 billi0on to £140 billion. What are the consequences of that?...more10minPlay
February 13, 2025Starmer must stop pandering to FarageStarmer is aping Nigel Farage’s anti-migrant rhetoric when no-one would worry about migration if Labour delivered what people want from the government....more8minPlay
February 12, 2025Is Trump going to crash the markets?When markets realise Trump is serious about tariffs, and that the US is now an isolationist state, seeking to cut itself off from the rest of the world, they're going to react, and we’ll get a crash....more11minPlay
FAQs about Funding the Future:How many episodes does Funding the Future have?The podcast currently has 518 episodes available.