ADAM TOOZE

"This is the story of how global financial meltdown was averted by central banks taking decisions that, just a mont… https://t.co/PRsi01N00b

This is hard to take in: The state of Michigan, one of the hardest hit by the spread of the coronavirus, has seen… https://t.co/tTJS3JVCUM

ESSENTIAL reading from @DanielaGabor on situation of Romanian seasonal agricultural workers in Germany and Austria. https://t.co/4oGoCE0rlZ

Michael Foot's father Isaac, who served in government as Secretary for Mines in the early 30s, reportedly said he j… https://t.co/2e4jq7QZOj

This is hard to take in: The state of Michigan, one of the hardest hit by the spread of the coronavirus, has seen… https://t.co/63dZLgtjgE

ESSENTIAL reading from @DanielaGabor on situation of Romanian seasonal agricultural workers in Germany and Austria. https://t.co/4oGoCDIQur

Thread: In The Road to Wigan Pier, Orwell writes, "You could quite easily drive a car across the north of England a… https://t.co/TwDY9EzXSs

This data reporting from @THECITYNY vividly shows which New Yorkers have gotten out of town https://t.co/fIgW948qwA https://t.co/h6j6AWkdRz

The explosive growth of central bank balance sheets is going on around the world: here Bank of Canada. @scotiabank… https://t.co/EOrWLQXZwR

The G20 not only should but can be meaningfully useful to recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic @AdamPosen… https://t.co/rmvLpjpMbk

When the Fed announced Its $2.3trn in extra support on Thursday morning timed to coincide with the unemp numbers, g… https://t.co/F2ScwkYRiP

Where there’s a will there’s a Ways and Means facility. The UK government dips into its overdraft but things won’t… https://t.co/hMuG0mQlR3

"The ubiquity of funeral rites for liberalism can distract attention from those few who are genuinely committed to… https://t.co/i8Jk6pNlO8

Know what you are doing this summer? The extraordinary thing here is the wide spread of expectations with regard t… https://t.co/8OxRBE7jpY

This is absolutely outstanding by @adam_tooze https://t.co/xJGcFKGjBm

What you won't read in the German or Dutch press: Italy has been running a primary budget surplus since 1995 (excep… https://t.co/LwGd4zYusP

The unprecedented break in US consumer confidence triggered by the corona crisis emerges clearly from monthly data.… https://t.co/zJ1tln8WYm

The 30 point shock to the U Michigan consumer sentiment index since March is even more vertiginous and deep than th… https://t.co/scUIvfZv9r

There isn’t much historical experience to guide us but @BlackKnightIntl thinks a 15 % unemployment rate in the US w… https://t.co/6nCqCFW6oA

Excellent piece from @heimbergecon. Ensuring the Eurozone's sustainability requires precisely this sort of honest a… https://t.co/tOzJFdPEMZ

COVID-19 shock is already feeding through hard to the US mortgage market with loans in forbearance surging from mid… https://t.co/tL7slT71ry

Job losses in the US in April may top 24 million according to @OxfordEconomics As crunch in retail, restaurants an… https://t.co/NZR5XfuS8V

The desperate scramble for unemployment insurance in US may have peaked around beginning of April. @PantheonMacro v… https://t.co/6PvjUHkiqe

Between March 21 and April 4th 2.17 m people filed for unemployment insurance in California alone! Thats in a state… https://t.co/UKbBYrANyz

@adam_tooze @heimbergecon Yes. In fact, Italy even has the largest average primary surplus in the WORLD over 1995-2… https://t.co/vUqwQcAbop

Are you a cat or a dog person? https://t.co/inZ4jc7yIc

Since 1995, the Italian state has posted a primary surplus in 24 out of 25 years; the crisis year 2009 was the only… https://t.co/ggBxmchBsU

Wow. "A staggering 52 percent of people under the age of 45 have lost a job, been put on leave, or had their hours… https://t.co/96Q35weBy0

Turns out America's lobster fisheries depend much more on the American market than on trade with China … "Americ… https://t.co/MZHjFl8kn2

"For years, the Italian economy has been in a kind of smouldering permanent crisis, which is dramatically aggravate… https://t.co/aWpXuLc3pw

Whether they permit and/or enable equitable and proportionate fiscal responses to the corona crisis is the new yard… https://t.co/vMvd3Vlk5D

Europe faces a huge macroeconomic crisis. “We have the ESM" Loads of excellent proposals on how to use ESM. Italy… https://t.co/yk4Df0xJDA