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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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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 11h

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 · 13h

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 · 18h

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 · 21h

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 · 22h

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 · 23h

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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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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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 · 1d

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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 · 1d

Open question BTW

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

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).

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 1d

It is simply accurate to call this regime segregationist.

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

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

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Japan’s top insurer bets on engineering acquisition to mitigate climate risk

Tokio Marine’s purchase of design consultancy part of push to rein in clients’ costs as weather patterns change

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Jeff Powell @powelljr.bsky.social · 1d

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IMF vs SRT: Let’s get systemic

Once more unto the funky securitisation breach

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Jeff Powell @powelljr.bsky.social · 1d

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Get ready for another round of regulatory shadow boxing

If the non-banks are banks, who banks the unbanked?

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

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Betting on the weather emerges as a solution as insurance costs skyrocket

Amid more extreme weather events, parametric insurance — described as a bet on the weather —is on the rise. It is now being touted as a possible solution for Australians, who have some of the highest ...

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Jeff Powell @powelljr.bsky.social · 1d

Central banks need to learn lessons about supply shocks - on.ft.com/4gYSlOw via @FT

Central banks need to learn lessons about supply shocks

We now know that the inflation that often follows can be persistent rather than transitory

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Tao Leigh Goffe | 道 | PhD @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social · 1d

Be my colleague in NYC! @huntercollege.bsky.social @cuny.edu Women and Gender Studies.

Assistant Professor with a desired focus on Black reproductive rights, maternal care and midwifery / doulas / sexuality

Applications due by November 15.

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

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Interactive Map | The International Transition Plan Network

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 1d

A good reminder that Big Tech is a handmaiden to fascism. www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

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D’Maris Coffman @ddcoffman.bsky.social · 1d

I’m delighted by the invitation to speak at #UCD on the New Multilateralism. Link to register is below.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

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Here's the role climate change played in the L.A. wildfires

A new report suggests that climate change-induced factors, like reduced rainfall, primed conditions for the Palisades and Eaton fires.

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Gregor Semieniuk @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social · 2d

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We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

River or sankey diagram showing the allocation of profits from global oil and gas companies to quantiles of the US wealth size distribution via financial system intermediaries, such as asset managers, and categories of ultimate beneficiaries, such as business owners, pension funds and shareholders in listed companies. The scale is hundreds of billions of US dollars, and ultimately 50.4% of profits reaching the US personal wealth distribution go to the richest 1% of households.

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 2d

What are 'derailment risks' and how are they rapidly increasing? Join me for an in-person & online panel discussion at Chatham House, London: 28 OCTOBER 2025 — 5:00PM TO 6:00PM
www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...

How should the world confront climate derailment risks?

In this event, expert panellists discuss climate derailment risks, and how these risks can be tackled.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

The consensus of macroeconomists globally is that the techbros and Trump are driving the markets towards a Crédit Mobilier-type meltdown in which they will profit massively, but the financial system will be devastated. www.ft.com/content/fe47...

IMF and BoE warn AI boom risks ‘abrupt’ stock market correction

Kristalina Georgieva and UK financial stability watchdog say valuations are closing in on dotcom bubble levels

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

Gross 🤮🤮🤮 www.theguardian.com/education/20...

UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show

Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests

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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · 2d

✍️ Carlota Perez - Life of Revolutions

@amirleb.bsky.social spoke with IIPP Honorary Professor @carlotaperez.bsky.social about her life, career, and intellectual journey for his latest piece in 'Development and Change'.

🔗 Read the full conversation here: buff.ly/E19bHn8

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

Depends on whether a large proportion of MPs holding stock in a company and backed up by the Royal Navy makes that firm quasi- government ?

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Where Credit’s Due @wherecreditsdue.bsky.social · 2d

It’s just 10 days to go until our launch event on Saturday 18 October at Teesside University and there are still a few places available - don’t miss out!

Visit our website for more information and please share widely: wherecreditsdueboro.wordpress.com/events/

Poster for the Where Credit’s Due project - a rainbow border surrounding the text:

“Where Credit's Due

Making Money for Ecosocial Justice

Reimagining Public Credit and Building
Intersectional Solidarity in Boro

• 18.10.25, 1.30pm: Finding the Money Film Screening and Q&A. Teesside Uni.

• 23.10.25, 7pm: A Curious Night at the Museum. The Dorman Museum.

• 22.11.25, 10.30am: Workshop 1: Where
Credit's Due. The Dorman Museum.

• 17.1.26, 10.30am: Workshop 2: The Other Saltburn. The Dorman Museum.

• 7.3.26, 10.30am: Workshop 3: Everyone's
Included! The Dorman Museum.

Join us to tell new stories about money”

Beneath the text are logs for Where Credit’s Due and TU Proud, the words BOOK HERE and a pointing hand emoji next to a QR code for the Where Credit’s Due website.

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