Out now: ‘What is Economics For? Rethinking a Discipline in Crisis’ taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/06/0… Reflecting on the work of 50 thinkers who have influenced me over the 50 years since I went to university to study economics, this eBook is both personal and a radical manifesto for

What can you do when the world seems to be falling apart? What difference can we make?
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Why do we pay tax? It's not for the reason most people think. Contrary to popular belief, taxes don't fund government spending because that's already been paid for through money creation. So what is it for? I explain all...
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John Healey's small business accounting reforms reveal that the man has no clue what he is talking about, but has bought, lock, stock and barrel into the "government is the impediment to business" agenda, which is entirely wrong, because business cannot and never will survive without the foundations that government supplies it with. I am not amused.
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Will John Healey's budget be a disaster? I believe it will be. That's because he is talking as if we are living in normal times, and we are not. Events outside his control will overtake Healey's budget, and he's not ready for them. youtu.be/URAPq5We8rA?si…

Is this the beginning of the end for neoliberalism? It's not just what is happening in France that makes me think so. Everywhere, there are signs that neoliberalism is out of road, and a replacement is needed. Thankfully, there is one. youtu.be/jAV2v60GgBw?si…

Could the government cut your energy bills? youtube.com/shorts/SpuI-sw…

How Britain could find £100 billion a year to rebuild its economy. All we need to do is change the tax incentives for saving in this country, and we could find the capital to build our future. So why won't the government do that? youtu.be/W7Y61uAZPVM?si…

Now is the time for Burnham to plan for Thames Water’s demise. Will Burnham rise to the challenge? taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/10/2…

We can build a new society out of the wreckage of neoliberalism, and we're going to have to do so. taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/10/2…

The UK is poorer than we should be - and underinvestment is why. The first of two videos - the second is tomorrow - on why we are poorer than we should be, and what we can do about it. youtu.be/IeZVWKu7FxQ?si…

Why aren’t the rich paying more tax? youtu.be/DhbUKaXtifY?si…

Why Scotland must ditch sterling on the first day of independence thenational.scot/politics/26647… Me in the @ScotNational this morning.

What if austerity was never necessary? Where would we be now? Without rioting in France, for a start. And in a country with hope, and not despair, as we have here in the UK. It is time to consign austerity to history for good. youtu.be/0c61E0MKCF8?si…

What if companies are becoming more powerful than governments? Are monopolistic multinational companies the biggest threat to the world, as Elon Musk seems keen to prove? And, critically, what can we do about it? Is now the time to take them on?
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What is neoliberalism, and why does it still dominate our economies? This is an Understanding Economics video I've been asked to make - tackling the corrosive philosophy of our time.
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What would really happen to the pound if we had an MMT government? I keep being asked this - and i n this video, I challenge all the nonsense usually claimed.
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Neither Cartier-Bresson, Banksy nor Cold War Steve could have come up with such an image. Absolutely perfect composition and lighting (even the road signs are perfect)! 😍

What would really happen to the pound if we had an MMT government? I keep being asked this - and i n this video, I challenge all the nonsense usually claimed.
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What would an MMT government do? This is one of the questions I am most often asked, and the answer is that MMT changes everything, because MMT governments would realise what they could do and that power rests with them. The change is to politics
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Is AI eating neoliberalism? taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/10/1…