ADAM TOOZE

@ProfAdnanHaider @paulkrugman @ProfJohnKay Thank you!

RT @NewStatesman: This week’s cover: The World after Covid-19, a special issue featuring ⁦@adam_tooze⁩, ⁦@Elif_Safak⁩, ⁦@davies_will⁩, ⁦@He…

If a 15% rise in share of pop wearing masks cuts daily growth of COVID cases by c 1% & avoids a lockdown that would

UK unemp currently low but it will soon have neither a furlough scheme nor generous unemp benefits. The replacement ratio is among lowest in @OECD

By 2008 as a result of years of intervention to hold e.r. down, the balance sheet of China’s PBoC had swollen to 70% of GDP.

RT @Ozkok_A: Tensions over the 12-mile question ran highest between the two countries in the early 1990s, when the Law of the Sea was going…

Vanguard, world’s 2nd largest asset manager, to exit Hong Kong (and Japan) and move to … Singapore? …Nope. Shanghai! Why? Because it needs scale of

How high will UK unemp go once furloughs end? Optimists: In 1980s 5% fall in GDP -> unemp up 7% v. 2008 GDP down 6%

Gas & Libya: The Turkosceptic coalitions in the Eastern Med handily mapped by @TheEconomist The US, missing from the chart, is broadly aligned with the

@DuncanWeldon Not just the 1st line. Great piece!

“I’ve had members of my association claiming universal credit and they’re shocked by how low it is,” says a Tory mp. Another eye-catching 1st line

I think @Brad_Setser has every right to be very proud of this fantastic chart of global trade imbalances! twitter.com/Brad_Setser/st…

RT @adam_tooze: Man mag das BVerG Urteil ablehnen, aber aus der Unabhängigkeit des EZB ein Totem zu machen, führt uns tiefer in die Sackgas…

RT @Brad_Setser: A stylized fact that should be better known* is China's surplus in manufactures in dollar terms is 2x what it was before t…

In the US, in 2020 banks have dramatically tightened lending standards. The Europeans banks did that too in 2008-9 but not this time. @ISABELNET_SA via

Nigeria’s population grows at 2.6% pa -> GDP per capita has been declining since 2014. @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/category/the-d… https://t.co/CfSURO8XK2

Whichever way you dice it, Peru looks to be suffering the worst COVID GDP shock and Brazil the shallowest of the major Lat Am countries.

"in early to mid-March, amid extreme volatility across the financial system, the functioning of Treasury and agency MBS markets became severely impaired” Lorie Logan Fed

In the US, in 2020 banks have dramatically tightened lending standards. The Europeans banks did that too in 2008-9 but not this time. @ISABELNET_SA via

Foreclosures and bankruptcies have been throttled back, for now. But low-income borrowers’ past-due mortgages are at record levels. @MoodysAnalytics via @SoberLook https://t.co/MER2V1DMnn

China’s era of trade surpluses began in 2000. Twenty years on, it is heading towards a record. @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/category/the-d… https://t.co/T2KK9DyqZc

Nigeria’s population grows at 2.6% pa -> GDP per capita has been declining since 2014. @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/category/the-d… https://t.co/ALyNWk4TIl

Whichever way you dice it, Peru looks to be suffering the worst COVID GDP shock and Brazil the shallowest of the major Lat Am countries.

Many investment firms are waiving their charges on money funds to keep the yields that investors earn from dropping below zero. @dawnmlim wsj.com/articles/money… https://t.co/W7vg5wP9Bj

@paulkrugman Thanks Paul!

"in early to mid-March, amid extreme volatility across the financial system, the functioning of Treasury and agency MBS markets became severely impaired” Lorie Logan Fed

RT @carlquintanilla: “My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant,” said the great @ElvisCostello, who turns 66 today. 🔥🔥 “Oliver’s…

RT @njtmulder: An overview of the financial burden Sukarno incurred to obtain independence: taking over and paying off the fl. 4.5bn of Dut…

RT @Julieta451: "The sea is everything… It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides. The…

RT @MaxCRoser: Many are commenting ‘Thank you Bill Gates!’ And yes, Gates did contribute to this success. But *much more* important were p…

RT @Cal_OES: Statewide fire map for Tuesday, August 25. We are grateful for the tireless work being done throughout California to try to su…

RT @paulkrugman: Huh. I was recording some stuff and happened to look at the background bookshelves — and they're infuriatingly, accidental…

RT @BW: 2011: Exxon is the world's biggest company 2020: Exxon is kicked out of the Dow trib.al/F0oaUAu

RT @DavidSchawel: Exxon spent ~$260bil in CapEx over the last decade and now sits with a market cap of $173bil. twitter.com/bw/status/1298…

RT @JustinWolfers: Janet Yellen and @econjared sound the alarm: 30 million American households reporting that they didn't have enough food…

RT @DexterFergie: By far the most metal UN poster ever. https://t.co/wUZkaK7VUD