ADAM TOOZE

America’s rate of old-age poverty is one of the highest in the rich world. Median balance held in retirement accoun… https://t.co/UbgE7cgb7c

The rhetoric of the US immigration policy debate is all about restriction. In reality the Trump administration has… https://t.co/e0P8Fnh3xZ

"Whereas the average Vietnamese makes $269 a month, illegal sand-miners can earn between $700 and $1,000 for every… https://t.co/JNsBuVFWjW

"China has three metres of road per citizen; Congo has three centimetres. Only four out of 26 provincial capitals h… https://t.co/wT8xTnAs3X

In the Congo beer is one of the few commodities available nationwide. Brands Bracongo-Castel and Bralima-Heineken h… https://t.co/jiIolVpD1Z

Long distance passenger traffic on German railways is surging and has caught politicians and railway company nappin… https://t.co/2J9h6L01jk

Healthcares spending in US increases steeply with income (ratio 4:1) but declines in relative terms -> health and i… https://t.co/vYkKwzkpy6

Big Mac index suggests that $ is overvalued: A Big Mac costs 21.50 yuan, or $3.12, in China v. $5.67 in US -> yuan… https://t.co/3Ui87mG2mI

The recovery from the crises of the 1990s it the foundation of Putin’s legitimacy. But the pace of Russia’s growth… https://t.co/LaFlw9aF0h

The ECB has launched its policy review. These are the changes that economist polled by @business expect.… https://t.co/fLOlo0Zeba

COPEC: 80% of cocoa farmers, 4 m people & their families, live on less than $3 a day. Now Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire r… https://t.co/MWWieEUkB3

As fewer American states are willing to carry out executions the number of death sentences is falling to all time l… https://t.co/mnRrkgpqfK

Major Asian EM have responded to the global slowdown with substantial monetary and fiscal stimulus. ING via… https://t.co/DyzJrifPDV

Why did so many countries, from Sweden to Botswana, privatize their telecommunication infrastructures in the 1990s?… https://t.co/IjPbEQRqDP

In the late 1990s the US was carrying out an execution roughly every 4 days. Today the death penalty though still o… https://t.co/0JZQYPq5FI

Since 2006 Swiss pension funds have halved their unhedged fx exposure. Perhaps not surprising given the risk of sho… https://t.co/54nEZqg3hI

One of our biggest assumptions is that the climate emergency is an issue. It's not, it's an era Climate is redefin… https://t.co/xC46Oa0n0y

Governments give $22bn of annual subsidies to fishing industry. Half of fishing operations in the high seas (waters… https://t.co/ZUlXWv9vID

Of the 30 most polluted cities in the world, 22 are in India. One academic study found that of the 9.7m Indians who… https://t.co/9qwWrNxwN7

Vaccinating Nigerian infants against rotavirus can yield benefits worth a whopping $126 per dollar spent, thanks to… https://t.co/1DvTMCecWH

Pension shortfalls are common across America, with the average public scheme monitored by @RetirementRsrch just 72.… https://t.co/rU0Bmp47wl

Caterpillars are packed with potassium, calcium and magnesium. 100 g provide a person with the required daily intak… https://t.co/hV8rMGzLHw

Hanguang 800: Alibaba Group has developed an AI chip faster than any other in the world. But it is still manufactur… https://t.co/5h9Yv3pdVD

More than 2m people are involved in small-scale gold mining in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. In total they dig up 4… https://t.co/DifUw3WJtZ

British colonial administrators thought referring to “tear gas” was too reminiscent of WWI -> promoted use of term… https://t.co/RPYwdhsjD2

Latest survey by American Chamber of Commerce in Beijing finds that China remains in top 3 as a global investment d… https://t.co/PaPJBE08Np

An absolutely fundamental limit on the pace of energy transition is that only 20% of final energy consumption world… https://t.co/h3kDh1uZDJ

American companies on average get only about 5% of their revenues from China. But the technology, automobile and co… https://t.co/CXKGUeEpLX

The decline in fertility rates across EM as well as AE is striking. It may create problems in future. But it should… https://t.co/1AezmEnTtM