Professor Richard Murphy

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Richard Murphy is a chartered accountant and political economist who is professor of accounting practice at Sheffield University Management School, as well as a director of Tax Research UK and the author of the Funding the Future blog. He was one of the co-creators of the tax justice movement and a co-author of the original Green New Deal.

Richard Murphy is a chartered accountant and political economist who is professor of accounting practice at Sheffield University Management School, as well as a director of Tax Research UK and the author of the Funding the Future blog. He was one of the co-creators of the tax justice movement and a co-author of the original Green New Deal.

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COMMENT How the Bank of England's arrogance is making the case for independence

In the last week or so, the three leading central banks that influence interest rates and economic policy in the UK have all decided to fix their base rates at levels that they first set late last year when inflation was running at much higher rates than it is now. The banks in question are the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and, of course, the Bank of England. In every case, it is not just me who is confused by what these banks are doing: the world’s financial markets also seem to be struggling to explain just what they are up to.