What happens when flooding risks affecting UK housing end up impacting the financial system’s reliance on mortgages as a savings vehicle? Banks have the unique ability to create money through issuing debt, fundamentally transforming loans into financial assets with multiple ownership claims. This profit-driven model enables extensive capital generation, significantly impacting households and the broader economy.
Author: Rachel
In over our heads
Speaking at St Polycarp’s, February 23 2025. Acts 14:1-20 – Paul and Barnabas in Iconium and Lystra
Core Incompetencies
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Advice for writing about the improbable
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Thoughts on 2024
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How to hold onto hope
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Staring into the abyss as a core life skill
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In a day
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Using joy to undo fear
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“You only know Pikachu?”
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Year 2 – cherry tree house
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100 more lessons for life
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