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John Hogan Morris

@johnhoganmorris.bsky.social

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Economic geographer 🗺 💰 Central banking, risk management & climate finance. Co-author (Mis)managing Macroprudential Expectations

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Olly Benson @ollybenson.uk · 9h

"More than half of the young people involved said they would like to reduce screen time, but 46% felt “unable” to. And then came the kicker: “93% of young people who have attended a youth centre say it has made a positive difference to their lives.”"

Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care | John Harris

These vital spaces have been the first targets of cuts in a nation that favours age over youth – despite being the remedy for blights such as social division, polarisation and loneliness, says Guardia...

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 10h

A new book argues that when easy money ran out, Silicon Valley’s billionaires looked for someone to keep the good times rolling. They found him in Donald Trump.

What Really Drove Silicon Valley’s Shift to the Right

In Gilded Rage, journalist Jacob Silverman argues that a decade of free cash turned tech’s utopians into power brokers and made Trump their unlikely ally.

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Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 11h

"an occupation’s general prestige and perceived potency (but not its moral standing) declines when it becomes increasingly stereotyped as female" journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

The Cultural Devaluation of Feminized Work: The Evolution of U.S. Occupational Prestige and Gender Typing in Linguistic Representations, 1900 to 2019 - Wenhao Jiang, 2025

Previous research on occupational devaluation typically evaluates the potential wage declines associated with a significant inflow of women into an occupation; ...

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Todd Tucker @toddntucker.com · 12h

Very normal non bubble behavior.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14h

The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has launched investigations against school districts for teaching lessons on systemic racism and hosting empowerment gatherings for students of color.

Five Ways the Department of Education Is Upending Public Schools

The Trump administration has made a rapid succession of hires and decisions at the Department of Education that could spur profound changes in how schools operate and children learn. Here’s what to kn...

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Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · 21h

Thoughtful read on how prompts shift the political imagination & how it may influence government decision making. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Politics of the prompt: Government in the age of generative AI

This paper addresses the politics of the technique of prompting in machine learning, at a time when bureaucratic and democratic government is undergoing transformation. Drawing on the case of the U...

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John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 1d

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Models and risk | Financial Regulation, Systemic Risk, Stability and AI: Supervision and the Illusion of Optimal Risk

Should supervision be about finding the optimal level of risk? It sometimes seems that way. A sensible idea in portfolio management, less so when applied to supervision.

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The Pleasure Vice Principle (he/him/his) @hannibaltabu.bsky.social · 1d

I saw the dot coms crash from a front row seat. AI is running out of money way faster.

The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

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John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 2d

As do Farage's own provable links to the agent who bribed Nick Gill

John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 2d

Farage used his first statement about fellow ukip and Reform traveller who accepted bribes from Russia to criticise Ukraine. Tells us everything we need to know

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John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 2d

Farage used his first statement about fellow ukip and Reform traveller who accepted bribes from Russia to criticise Ukraine. Tells us everything we need to know

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Frances 'Cassandra' Coppola @francescoppola.bsky.social · 2d

Economic lessons from a Biblical fable: my latest piece at
@themintmag
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Pharoah, advised by the talented Joseph, stored up enough grain to survive a famine, and in so doing engineered a fundamental change in the organisation of Egyptian society.

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From Reserves to Repression – The Mint Magazine

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John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 2d

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Why insurers are taking up climate consulting

Tokio Marine and Allianz among groups seeking to help clients stay insurable

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John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 2d

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California's insurer of last resort seeks 36% rate hike

As authorities solve one mystery—who set the fire that devastated Pacific Palisades—another deepens: how to make the math work for home insurance in California

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 2d

When a collaborator is targeted because her scientific findings that attribute extreme weather to human-caused climate change is being used (effectively) in climate lawsuits against oil companies, you know times are dark indeed.

ICYMI @davidho.bsky.social

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Climate critics try to discredit IPCC author for linking disasters to global warming

Roger Pielke Jr. and oil industry supporters are attacking climate scientist Friederike Otto, whose work has been used in lawsuits against polluters.

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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 2d

Insurers are preparing for a wave of potential claims relating to First Brands’ bankruptcy, as one of Wall Street's biggest debacles in years ripples through the financial system

Latest on the contagion from the auto parts firm’s collapse, with the great @leeharris.ft.com here 👇🏻

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Insurers prepare for wave of First Brands claims

[FREE TO READ] Allianz, Coface and AIG among groups to have written credit insurance policies linked to bankrupt car parts maker

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David Fields @profdavidfields.bsky.social · 3d

Recurring fiscal crises afflicting U.S. municipalities are neither isolated nor accidental occurrences; rather, they constitute a deliberate political strategy engineered to achieve specific, capitalist class-based outcomes.

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From Managerialism to Crisis: The Shock Doctrine of US Municipal Finance

By David Fields

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John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 3d

Rescue or Leverage? Argentina’s Balance of Payments and the Geopolitics of Liquidity
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Rescue or Leverage? Argentina’s Balance of Payments and the Geopolitics of Liquidity

The US Treasury’s decision to extend a swap line to Argentina through the Exchange Stabilization Fund is the latest manifestation of Argentina’s structural external imbalance and the enduring geopolit...

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 3d

This article is spot on about the UK's descent into anti-trans hysteria. In 8 years, they went from the conservatives trying to make it easier for trans folks to self attest gender to a liberal government implementing a bathroom ban by fiat.

www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...

Britain’s Bathroom Ban

The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing an extraordinarily authoritarian one—without a vote.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

BlackRock is seeking to buy Aligned Data Centers, a data center construction company.

It’s also going to buy AES, one of the major power providers for Big Tech data centers.

While these data centers drive up your electricity costs, wealthy financiers are going to make a killing.

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John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 3d

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Prof. Dr. Joscha Wullweber, Universität Witten/Herdecke (Projekt SuFi)

YouTube video by Team VfU

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Patrick Bigger @pmbigger.bsky.social · 3d

As the US ramps up brutality from Chicago to Venezuela, the state takes equity stakes in mining firms, & the economy perilously hinges on AI fool's gold, it's critical to reshape how war, climate, economy & geopolitics are intersecting. That's why we're launching @transitionsec.bsky.social next week

flyer for the transition security project online launch next week at 1 PM ET

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 3d

When will the climate change coastal property bubble pop? A significant acceleration in coastal flooding from a lunar orbit shift (mid-2030s) will significantly stress the market. My 2024 post: "When will climate change turn life in the U.S. upside down?"
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/when...

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John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 3d

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Do Commercial Ties Influence ESG Ratings? Evidence from Moody's and S&P

We provide the first evidence that conflicts of interest arising from commercial ties lead to bias in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings. Using the acquisitions of Vigeo Eiris and Ro...

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John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 3d

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‘Social macro’: a new frontier for climate risk

Addressing climate social risks is key for climate policy and financial risk management, write analysts Alexander Weston and Judith Tyson.

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John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 3d

Open question BTW

John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · 3d

And may possibly endanger the validity of the insurance? (There seems to be some concern for this if parametric payout is higher than financial interest of the insured party).