Downstream: Ex-Accountant Whistleblower: The System Is About to Break w/ Richard Murphy
In 2007, Richard Murphy, a chartered accountant of 42 years, accurately foresaw the global financial crisis. Today, in 2026, he believes we are heading for an even greater crash. And if the AI bubble bursting coincides with escalating war in West Asia, and the impacts of climate change turbocharged by El Niño, he warns the results could be ‘cataclysmic’. On Downstream this week, Aaron Bastani sits down with the rogue accountant, tax justice campaigner, university professor and financial whistleblower, to discuss the coming polycrisis. Will the AI bubble bursting be more like the dot com…
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