Economist, author and university Professor on programmes in economics, banking and finance. YOUTUBE Lectures at johnhearn (free to subscribe)
Essex/City of London
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If anyone would like a free online copy of my introduction to economics for undergraduates then please download from the link below. The contents are as below and the index provides a quick reference.
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MMT tells you a monetarily sovereign nation can issue all the currency/debt it wants and nothing will happen, claiming that currency and market volatility can easily be eliminated by cancelling the capital account.
This nonsense can only be promoted by someone that does not understand that the currency collapse and creditworthiness slump are driven by domestic citizens and savers rejecting the local currency; it is not an evil conspiracy of foreign investors.
Furthermore, no nation is monetarily sovereign. It always depends on demand. Try to force use or restrict flow, and the currency is worth nothing.
And local citizens are the first to reject an increasingly worthless currency issued by an irresponsible government.
You are welcome
The Trusted News initiative created the opportunity in a democracy to establish a State Broadcaster.
This is worrying.
Professor John Hearn retweeted
I'll be live in the studio with @Iromg on @UKLIVEonline tomorrow morning around 9:45 to talk about Healey's first Budget.
I'll be coming straight from a night out in the City, so there's a fair chance I'll be nursing a hangover.
Do join us!
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11 years ago I wrote this about a budget that created a National Debt of ยฃ1.5 trillion. On Wednesday the numbers have doubled so was I wrong or should we be doubly worried about our financial future?
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Professor John Hearn retweeted
โInform, educate, entertain.โ Yes, not indoctrinate. Quite an important distinction.
BBC Bitesize rewarding children for choosing open borders and migrant amnesties.
A ยฃ400,000 settlement to a Jewish producer who alleged antisemitic discrimination.
A Gaza documentary found by Ofcom to have misled viewers by concealing the narratorโs Hamas family connection.
And Panorama misleadingly splicing Trumpโs speech together, prompting an apology.
All funded by the licence payer. But sure, tell me more about the BBCโs noble mission.
I left the UK. Iโm simply pointing out the glaring ideological biases of a broadcaster that claims, rather laughably, to be politically neutral. In my view, itโs become a left-wing ideological institution, increasingly influenced by activists rather than impartial journalists.
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It has always fascinated me how people buy into socialist lies that destroy their currency, their nationโs creditworthiness, and, with them, their wages, savings, and well-beingโthen call it all โsocialโ and blame markets for the consequences.
Itโs like bingeing on junk food, ending up in a coma, and blaming the supermarket.
#Brazil currency, stock market, and bonds plummet.
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Labour donโt really believe anything, they are simply laying the groundwork for an election manifesto re-join the EU, taking advantage of the general views that the reason we are doing badly is because of Brexit, as opposed to a state that is addicted to printing money.
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Wishing u all the opportunityโs my coffee and its customers canโt be uprooted but I wouldnโt invest more in a country charging endless fines and taxes itโs impossible to get ahead now VAT on everything practically
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Brexit
Labour thinks the economies in a state because weโre not in the EU. It believes all the โ4-8% GDPโ crap!
1. Trade Barriers Minimal for Medium/ Large firms
2. Exports Holding up well itโs just theyโre down everywhere mainly because of Energy
3. The Reset we will get nothing other than becoming a rule taker whilst the EU gets even more exclusive access to the UK market
4. Itโs a set up so that when we have no say on new rules they will suggest Rejoin
5. It will cost Britain ยฃ41Bn per annum just to be overruled in Brussels like we were when we were in it!
As we know the economy is shit because The Tories & Labour are destroying it post Brexit!
Professor John Hearn retweeted
I need far more counter evidence that bond yields are as important in a portfolio rebalancing process as peddled around.
On a daily, I encounter narratives that present bond yields as an important factor for investment decisions, or indeed for spending excess money balances.
Thatโs a total misconception that comes a long way from Keynesโ theory that reduced portfolio rebalancing to merely a choice between money and fixed interest bonds.
The two things that rising bond yields indicate are higher future inflation for the public and higher future interest payments for government.
To simply summarize; higher cost of living and fiscal problems.
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In which Simon Heffer plays the role of an Establishment stooge and rather proves Liz Truss' entire point.
telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fiโฆ
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We should definitely be employing & training the young people here before inviting any more into our country. We are bursting at the seams.
Andy Burnham wants to reopen the debate on EU free movement.
Meanwhile, Britain has 981,000 young people not in employment, education or training.
Nearly ONE MILLION young people.
Shouldn't we be focusing on getting them into work, improving skills and creating opportunities before looking abroad for more workers?
Our young people deserve a chance.
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Most important thing is to get the right Military strategists, to prioritise the right areas going forward, for what Britain actually needs in the 21st century. Burning 32,000 men on the Russian front per month isnโt something to aspire to. Trumpโs demanding a peace deal, if rumours are true itโs Zelenskyy thatโs continually turning it down assuming Europes going to keep bunging him billions?
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This post goes some way to explaining the dire financial straits the UK is in...
"Britain has almost run out of taxpayers, or at the very least, itโs slowly running out of people who pay enough taxes to plausibly finance the state."
"...in 1998, about 43 per cent of British earners paid sufficient tax to cover the Governmentโs average per-capita spending. During Covid, that figure fell to an absolute low of circa 20 per cent, then by 2025 recovered modestly to 26.6 per cent."
No wonder if fewer than 27% of people are net contributors to the state
It's stats like this that make me want to leave. Big new project in the US in the next few months might be just the springboard I need
@griffitha @LiamHalligan
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Professor John Hearn retweeted
Would be interested in listening from โBond marketโ analysts.
On a daily, I encounter narratives that present bond yields as an important factor for investment decisions, or indeed for spending excess money balances.
Thatโs a total misconception that comes a long way from Keynesโ theory that reduced portfolio rebalancing to merely a choice between money and fixed interest bonds.
The two things that rising bond yields indicate are higher future inflation for the public and higher future interest payments for government.
To simply summarize; higher cost of living and fiscal problems.