An @TheEconomist Round up on the US economy under Trump. Conclusion: It is hard to identify any Americans worse off in Jan 2020 economic terms
In a major corona study in India, 70 percent of those who tested positive infected nobody. 10 percent of cases caused 60 percent of transmissions.
Regardless of whether Biden passes big stimulus in 2021, US budget deficit will likely stay above 8% of gdp = historic surge in debt ->
We tend to talk about the “plumbing” of the financial system. But this BRILLIANT illustration by @satillus about the US Treasury market, has me wondering
“As I stood on the edge of Germany’s historical abyss, feeling the burden of millions of murders, I did what people do when words fail”.
"EU has failed miserably as a development engine for neighbors with no accession perspective. It is still a little-understood issue why being in neighborhood of
How to fix the market for Treasury bonds: There is a danger that America’s financial plumbing cannot cope with surging government debt. Technical, but v
RT @cszabla: someone really needs to write a history of late west germany just so they can use the subtitle “vom kniefall zum mauerfall” ht…
@BuddNicholas @PeterOlsson This stuff is really priceless precisely because do not know enough about how small group infantry or for that matter armor combat units
A large part of infantry work in 20th century warfare was carrying ammunition for machine-guns! twitter.com/BuddNicholas/s…
As usual @BuddNicholas threads in which he reads apparently mundane WWII images are fascinating … twitter.com/BuddNicholas/s…
In a Ethiopian civil war, because Tigray was on front line of war with Eritrea, it has a large militia force manned by veterans. Northern
Hi @GustavAHorn all the very best to you and your family for a speedy recovery and a few restful days at home. Thinking of you!
RT @sovietvisuals: "Research Institute of Genetics" painting by Gennady Golobkov, USSR, 1976 https://t.co/l8A5yUqGAa
RT @ANPIBsCarmine: 🎂Birthday. Italian WW2 freedom fighter Mario Fiorentini — 102 today! An urban warfare unit (GAP) officer in the Resistan…
RT @The_NewArab: Erdogan and Turkey's finance minister, his son-in-law Berat Albayrak, have often blamed Turkey’s economic woes on foreign…
Thanks for this. Completely agree. Great prompt for our @jainfamilyinst seminar on Monday: "Global Power in the North-Atlantic Financial System” We may well engage with
The shock to EM funding in 2020 was grievous. Unlike in 2008 it did not provoke a financial crisis. One of key reasons is macrofinancial
In other news, Erdogan fires head of central bank for failing to prevent devaluation of lira. How will markets react? Or is Turkish central bank
RT @samuelpepys: To see “The Tempest,” an old play of Shakespeare’s, acted, I hear, the first day. And so my wife, and girl, and W.
Interesting list for the Bavarian Book Prize. twitter.com/intellectures/…
Talk of Gensler makes @matthewstoller happy. Me too … Dont expect Europeans, with long memories, to be similarly pleased! bloomberg.com/news/articles/… twitter.com/matthewstoller…
“You can’t predict what will happen and you don’t know how markets will react”. In the event markets decided that there was really no downside
RT @rometostandrews: "I did what people do when words fail them…" #Kniefall #WillyBrandt twitter.com/adam_tooze/sta… https://t.co/4Ag3OyI8PR
RT @lugaricano: Precioso, emocionante, enhorabuena al @bundesbank : moneda de 2 euros marcando el aniversario del momento en 1970 en el que…
@huntthesnark You omit Schmidt deliberately?
RT @TarikCyrilAmar: @adam_tooze Interestingly, the Kniefall was not reported much in Poland then either. The key inhibition there seems to…
Wow! New Euro coin marks 1970 moment when German Chancellor Brandt, on visit to Warsaw to pursue his controversial detente policy, fell to his knees
RT @AdamPosen: Excited and grateful to have appeared on @ritholtz MiB podcast this week. We talked about fiscal policy, Fed, outlook for US…
Mexico’s economic recovery has a very long way to go. @SoberLook https://t.co/XJDA4CSafJ
@stewartjoseph So we agree that 3rd parties can cause havoc in a 2 party system, but it is unpredictable which side will suffer the damage.
@LMcHugh_Russell @gabriel_zucman As I acknowledged, the argument may have some merit as a “deterrent to worse ideas”. But isn’t it a bad idea to allow
RT @kajleers: @adam_tooze I wouldn't be too sure. GA in 2016: Libertarians won 125K votes PA in 2016: Libertarians won 146K WI in 2016: L…
Stretching the legs of the K-shaped recovery in the US. The worst hit sectors are seeing no improvement. From Torsten Slok now at Apollo. https://t.co/TGCnjSsG0r
Thanks to 1st past the post system at state level, third parties can really matter in American elections. Greens often hurt Dems. This time around,
RT @MrTimDunn: Last week, I had 30 mins in Leicester between trains. So I ran to see the Thomas Cook building, with its terracotta façade
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