How much should doctors be paid? | BMJ Interviews Economist Richard Murphy
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Show Notes
This interview is available in video form: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yNO47EfuEM
@RichardJMurphy, political economist and tax campaigner, joins Kamran Abbasi, Editor in Chief of The BMJ.
In the UK an ongoing dispute between resident doctors and the Labour Government saw doctors go on strike in mid-December. With Winter pressure piling on and cost-of-living on the rise, do doctors have a credible case of pay rises? And more broadly, how can the economic situation of the NHS be improved?
00:00 Introduction
01:30 Doctor Pay Claims
04:33 Inflation Measures
07:29 Affordability Crisis
09:48 Market Forces Arguments
12:52 NHS Affordability
15:00 Youth Unemployment
19:14 Political Priorities
23:10 Neoliberal Capitalism
27:35 Mixed Economy Alternative
32:32 Prescription for NHS