For Martin
We are in a crisis. This is Dismal Science.
At night, a writhing glyph
sucks your dreams,
you don’t dream anymore because of this.
This Dismal Science. In fact, You can't even
if you tried. Gas electricity, water
you’ve lost your smell and taste
respectively inaudible phone wakes
now taken by mouth twice daily
put a fiver away every month breaks
12 months you have 60 quid that's enough
for Battenberg cake. This is Dismal Science.
A health panic is followed by
an economic panic. A pain in the
heart, People stop going out,
stop shopping
and dramatically reduce spending.
This has an immediate impact on cashflow.
This is also Dismal Science.
A cashflow problem is like a hill,
a hill you die on. But you can not die
on this hill. Without cash, businesses go bust.
Without cash, suppliers don't get paid
and they in turn can't pay their creditors.
The knock-on effect will be swift.
Tax revenue will seize up. Your hands.
Mouth, feet. In addition, businesses without cash
can't pay their employees
who must be laid off.
This exacerbates the slump. This is Dismal Science.
Unfortunately, as cashflow dries up,
those with cash will hoard it.
Hoarding is the natural selection to panic crisis
witness what is happening right now in supermarkets.
The same will happen with cash.
As more and more cash disappears
from balance sheets,
more and more cash
will be hoarded. Listen
Listen to me, I read Government and Law,
at the London School of Economics, in 1997 my name
is moneyexpert you can walk my path you can wear my shoes
and be an angel too, but I know you
and I’ll teach you how to deal with this disease
in a different light than you did before,
and think that you could be your own cure
biting and kneeling wont help
things can only get, worse they will get much worse
like a thousand points of light through your body.
I’m moneyexpert. That is Dismal Science.