ADAM TOOZE

The Saving > Investment gap: Why a big Japanese government deficit is anything but a problem. Essential to maintaining the macroeconomic balance (on top of

Hearing a fascinating lecture by art historian Julian Brown on colonial Paris, starting with WWI memorials. Opening of fall series of talks being offered by

Freue mich dass mein @LRB Aufsatz zum US-China Konflikt nun in den @blaetter erschienen ist. blaetter.de/ausgabe/2020/s… https://t.co/JLS26T8dUh

RT @nick_kapur: Athens, GA is where the University of Georgia is located. 2 weeks after the university reopened with mandatory in-person cl…

RT @chuckmcshane: Rural areas hit even harder with urbanization, too. Leitrim, for example had 155,000 people in 1840, and only 32,000 toda…

RT @KevinMKruse: I thought the “what’s in it for them?” comment was jaw-dropping, but I didn’t realize Trump allegedly said it to John Kell…

“Fiscal policy should not get used to a lax course, nor should it rely on interest rates to remain so low in the long run.

The Irish tax take as a share of GDP is half that of France. ft.com/content/c80dab… https://t.co/VIHTbYwQTS

The demography of Ireland is dominated by one massive historic shock. Total population of Republic and N. Ireland is still almost 1.5 million LOWER than

Consumer spending in both Germany and NL has rebounded strongly from COVID shock. Data via @SoberLook https://t.co/esCP66brZ1

The Saving > Investment gap: Why a big Japanese government deficit is anything but a problem. Essential to maintaining the macroeconomic balance (on top of

RT @michaelxpettis: In this very important article @adam_tooze asks: “What is the proper role of central banks? What is the political basis…

RT @oonahathaway: I thought I could no longer be surprised by this President, but this is shocking: The Commander in Chief calls war dead "…

“Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.” In a separate conversation on the same trip, Trump referred to the more than

RT @heimbergecon: German Bundesbank president Weidmann is again calling for fiscal austerity in the aftermath of the Corona crisis. It seem…

Since 1970: the population of New York, Chicago and Boston have all contracted. Even San Francisco’s population is barely greater than it was in 1970.

China’s financial system is organized around a complex system of interest rates with a large gap btw deposit rate and lending rate. @DanskeBank_DK via @SoberLook

Hearing a fascinating lecture by art historian Julian Brown on colonial Paris, starting with WWI memorials. Opening of fall series of talks being offered by

Delighted to be in September issue of @blaetter blaetter.de/ausgabe/2020/s… https://t.co/nP8cPOhHJo

RT @artvallotton: The Good market (Triptych), 1898 #swissart #felixvallotton https://t.co/OFZbTQiO0n

The economy of Belarus was slowing down dramatically even before the current crisis hit. @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2020/09/03/opt… https://t.co/fWlq9GmMsH

Globalization constrains national economic sovereignty. But there are ways, at a price, of softening those constraints. For EM with large export potential one route is

Nigeria’s trade balance has plunged into deficit. @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2020/09/03/opt… https://t.co/psReWO6FOB

To judge by personal popularity, a German election which pitted @OlafScholz against the CSU’s Markus Söder of Bavaria as the successor to Merkel could be

Hard hitting testimony (in German) on the difficulty of making it out of Hartz IV welfare to College and beyond. H/t @JohnSacarmiko reddit.com/r/de/comments/… https://t.co/DN8BAE7V4F

Hedge funds are pressing their bets against the US dollar. @GoldmanSachs via @SoberLook https://t.co/9TO8vUntAc

Lumber prices have surged to all-time highs. Putting huge pressure on construction costs across US. @BofAML via @SoberLook https://t.co/119TGno0OJ

Vietnam’s trade surplus has surged over the summer of 2020. It may trigger trade tension with the US. @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2020/08/31/mig… https://t.co/rAr6EhzxFl

RT @crystalbennes: Rereading @shannonmattern's awesome piece from 2017, The Big Data of Ice, Rocks, Soils, and Sediments & mourning loss of…

@Westmoorland83 @cwboebinger It was seen, by the Prussians themselves, as a far more dangerous situation that we generally credit. The French might recover. The Russians/Austrians/Brits

South Africa’s budget deficit has exploded in 2020 to respond to the scale of the COVID crisis. thedailyshot.com/2020/08/31/mig… https://t.co/JPKdczUy1Q

The precipitous collapse of the Brazilian real reached its low point in mid-May. There has been a stabilization but no rebound. @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2020/08/31/mig… https://t.co/js8ib905H5

Macau the great Asian gambling center has suffered a catastrophic loss of tourist traffic and business. @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2020/08/31/mig… https://t.co/lfzyWlariI

RT @luebberding: In der neuen Ausgabe der @blaetter ist ein bemerkenswerter Artikel von @adam_tooze über das zukünftige Konfliktpotential z…

“A world historic event, a victory we owe to the almighty … who decides wars, even if we have to continue that war against the

RT @Krieg7071: Es ist ein weltgeschichtliches Ereignis, ein Sieg, für den wir Gott dem Herrn in Demut danken wollen und der den Krieg entsc…