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Richard J Murphy @UCGlMOIZ1A3zluwLXTGpzZfw@youtube.com

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Richard Murphy is a political economist and former practicin


06:20
The choice of Pope is all about a power play between the left and right. What Pope do we need?
04:16
Keir Starmer is the UK's prime minister without ever understanding what the role demands.
06:35
Trump will fail. All tyrants do. But what comes after him?
03:45
Trump is a face of evil within politics, but he's not alone. We need to speak out and say we care.
10:10
The USA will have a crash, and the world will follow. What do we need to do to prepare for that?
09:53
UK company law is not enforced. The cost of not doing so is enormous.
09:51
Banks exist to keep you in debt, and so in misery, for as long as possible.
07:50
It's too easy to forget that climate change is ongoing - and is destroying our chances of life.
06:27
The last thing the UK must do is sign a trade deal with Trump. You don't get into bed with fascists
08:17
Will Trump invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 to enforce his rule, via a militia if need be?
07:19
Interest rates need to tumble, as Trump is demanding, but entirely because he's created mayhem
06:28
Trump is scaring the people of the USA. They're not going to spend as a result.
08:26
Trump has failed badly. What will he do next? That's the worry.
01:31
Labour has made a complete mess of managing British Steel - and it's all its own fault
06:42
The UK government can never go bust because it quite literally makesthe money to pay its debts.
06:10
What happens if disease wipes out one or more of the world’s staple crops?
03:03
All the world’s money is made by tapping a computer keyboard. There’s nothing more to it than that.
06:06
Why won’t Rachel Reeves could cut the interest paid by the government to the UK’s commercial banks?
13:50
Trump is threatening the world. What should it do in response?
02:04
Does Rachel Reeves love AI because it makes the rich even richer?
07:54
The idea that there is a pot of gold in tax havens that will solve theworld’s problems is now wrong.
06:10
Musk and Trump will fall out. How will the chaos that will create bemanaged?
07:42
Repaying the government’s debt would create economic nightmares –and a failed economy.
06:12
Our politicians seem to be terrified of us. Why is that?
07:18
If we want a politics that cares, neoliberalism has to go.
04:29
Tariffs only liberate the rich, and they might even make them worse off too.
08:44
Advertising makes you unhappy
08:39
To get growth, money must be redistributed from those who don’t need it to those who do
10:20
Trump has a master plan, and that is the destruction of the power of the federal government.
02:32
Everybody from your grandma to the cat knows Labour needs to increase taxes on wealth?
08:26
Austerity is as close to political madness as any policy gets
07:42
Rachel Reeves thinks the economy has to grow to make everyone better off. But is she right?
15:29
Rachel Reeves’ figures in the Spring Statement don‘t stack up – and are very scary
07:10
Rachel Reeves’ spring statement shows we’re in an economic crisis, and she’s out of her depth.
14:02
Is the City of London really stopping Rachel Reeves doing what she wants for us?
11:33
Fiscal rules are works of fiction. So, why does Rachel Reeves pretend that she believes in them?
08:11
Trump wants to turn much of the US government off. What will happen when he does?
13:22
Reeves thinks she’s facing an economic crisis. She’s wrong. We have a political crisis.
05:22
Politics is about resolving conflicts, peacefully Trump seems to be doing the opposite. Why?
11:24
Our politics is making us ill It’s time ministers realised that
06:50
With so much going wrong in our world, being angry is the thing to be.
10:16
The government says it must cut benefits for the disabled They are completely wrong
08:47
Trump, Vance and Musk are killing free speech for everyone but oligarchs
06:15
Starmer is, like Trump, wedded to private equity fund managers The EU isn’t.
01:23
The world is fleeing Tesla because Musk is now so toxic
08:45
Labour is forcing people into work when AI’s eliminating jobs
05:27
Elon Musk says empathy is threatening civilisation. He’s wrong. He is that threat.
07:11
Should Russian money in Western banks be used to support Ukraine and its eventual reconstruction?
07:38
What can be done to save Canada from Trump’s control?
07:56
A wealth tax might require that you report your wealth each year Do you really want that?
07:21
Trump wants to deny the US government the taxes it needs
07:37
Far right politics remains the choice of a small number in society
08:39
It looks like Trump is MADA – Making America Dysfunctional Again
06:52
Who is asking the big economic questions right now?
06:25
Trump wants to control the US Federal Reserve. But will he?
11:50
Is the state really as inefficient as people claim?
08:32
The US national debt is going to skyrocket upwards under Trump
07:08
Has the drive towards sustainability ended?
07:54
What might happen if Putin and Trump fall out, as is likely?
05:05
It’s time for Clinton, Bush, Obama and Biden to call Trump out