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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 705 episodes available.
April 16, 2025Scared people do not spendScared people do not spend. This is a fact of economic life. Once somebody is worried about their economic future, they begin to save, and that means Trump is heading the US into a recession. ...more7minPlay
April 15, 2025Trump has failedTrump has failed, but the world needs to carry on presuming that Trump is the biggest threat it has faced in generations, because a man who's failed in the way he has might turn to violence, and violence will not resolve anything. ...more9minPlay
April 14, 2025It's time Labour learned to governLabour has made a mess of managing British Steel. It had no strategy and no plan, and hadn't had the foresight to see the consequences of this. It is time it learned to govern....more2minPlay
April 14, 2025The UK government can never go bustThe UK government cannot go bust because it is the only organisationwith the ultimate authority required to create the money that’s required tosettle its debts. It really is time politicians understood that....more7minPlay
April 13, 2025What happens when the worlds food runs out?As the recent egg crisis in the USA showed, world food supply chainsare intensely vulnerable and prone to failure as they are dependent uponmonocultures. What will happen if they do fail?...more7minPlay
April 12, 2025Money is just made up.People think money is real, mysterious and valuable. They still think goldis involved in the process. It’s actually nothing like that. It’s nothing morethan numbers on bank statements....more4minPlay
April 11, 2025Why won't Rachel Reeves save £20 billion a year?Rachel Reeves could cut the interest paid by the government to the UK’scommercial banks by up to £20bn a year. So why won’t she, when shesays she is so short of money that those with disabilities must suffer?...more7minPlay
April 10, 2025The madness of King TrumpWe have never witnessed an attempt to build a global empire by trade and economic war alone, ever before. Trump is trying it. How should the world respond?...more14minPlay
April 09, 2025Is AI Rachel Reeves’ wildest dream?AI is a tool we can’t ignore. But it is also going to be deeply disruptiveand help burn the planet, and so it should be taxed, heavily. Why isRachel Reeves saying nothing about that?...more3minPlay
April 08, 2025There is no money in tax havensOnce upon a time, tax havens hid billions from the view of the world’stax authorities. Then they caused massive disruption. But now, theiropacity has been shattered as far as tax authorities are concerned. Theyare no longer a pot of gold for a government to find....more8minPlay
FAQs about Funding the Future:How many episodes does Funding the Future have?The podcast currently has 705 episodes available.