More bad news for the Arctic: the Laptev Sea hasn’t frozen Yet another symptom of man-made climate change economist.com/graphic-detail… https://t.co/lXo6zIWpMj
“Only one thing matters — to be able to dare,” International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told the annual meeting of her organisation last
RT @marinamaral2: That was an unexpected find and I swear I wasn't even doing such a specific search. It's Tsar Nicholas II. Swimming. N…
RT @dean_frey: #NationalCatDay Michel Foucault and his cat Martine Franck, Paris, 1978 https://t.co/9bUVcPNbXU
Ahead of the 2008 crisis the Euro was beginning to rival the $ as a currency for foreign-currency denominated debt issuance. Since 2008 a gap
Deforestation over last 30 years is concentrated above all in S. America and Africa (though there are presumably large offsetting movements e.g. in Indonesia and
in·a·ni·tion /ˌinəˈniSHən/ "exhaustion caused by lack of nourishment." "the members of the rear party died of inanition” “The inanition of Europe’s banks”. …ftreview-org.ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/issues/II125/a… https://t.co/G5EAIfJSXC
"Turkish authorities have burnt through $134bn over the past 18 months in failed attempt to prop up lira @GoldmanSachs The intervention continued this week, according
Political Economies of Capitalism, 1600-1850 A new series from @RoutledgeHist Series Editors: John Shovlin (New York University), Philip Stern (Duke University) and Carl Wennerlind (Barnard
Effects of Covid on conservation tourism in Africa have been seismic. In 2019, tourism contributed 14.7 % Namibia’s GDP, 10.7% to Tanzania’s, and 8.2% to
Davide Iacovoni is the man whose team manages Italy’s 2.4trn euro debt pile: ‘The market for our bonds is improving because of this clear sign
With oil prices at $40 Oman faces a fiscal deficit > 18% GDP in 2020 -> reliance on neighbors like Qatar and UAE for financial
Following EU, China & Japan, S Korea vows to go carbon neutral by 2050. S Korea relies on coal for c 40% of electricity generation,
"I also modified my early enthusiasm for expositions based on the (Kehrite) “primacy of domestic politics” since the state system seemed to impose its own
"good old fashioned risk management”: ANZ, last of Australia’s Big 4 banks has said it will stop financing thermal coal projects as the country’s big
American big business and lobbies line up to emphasize need to respect electoral process and avoid chaos post 3 Nov. ft.com/content/513d9a… Underlining distance to Trump
"true scholarly disciplines each retain a hard core of their own. History remains a particular straddle of the humanities and the social sciences by its
Following EU and Xi, Japan PM uses his first major policy speech to Diet to announce: Japan carbon neutral by 2050 = VERY Big win!
"According to an NYT/Siena national poll released this month, more than two-thirds of Americans back $2tn in stimulus for the economy, and similar spending on
Why might US business/markets favor Biden over Trump and hope for Dem’s to take Senate? theguardian.com/commentisfree/… A Blue Sweep and Bidenomics much more likely to
"My own research was being provoked by a series of riddles often prompted by current developments. As the 1960s yielded to the 1970s it seemed
Global Virome Project headed by Dennis Carroll estimates it would take c. $1.6bn & 10 years to find 75 % of 1.6 m viruses —
“not many expense reports get filed during a civil war.” Why Expensify’s CEO implored the 10m users of its expenses software to vote for Joe
"I’d argue that the main reason for the demise of Tory economic thinking is cultural and institutional. To be precise, it comes from the culture
new figures for euro area inflation due on Friday "are expected to show the eurozone sank into its third consecutive month of deflation — something
Forests cover c. 1/3 of land on Earth, but they are being cut down to make way for cash crops or cattle farming. Every minute,
US business "got the tax cuts they wanted and see little to lose in breaking with Trump now.” ft.com/content/342521… Delighted to find myself in agreement
Political independence v. Operational independence of central banks: An important distinction emphasized by Balls, Howat and @annastansbury in this 2016 paper. hks.harvard.edu/sites/default/… https://t.co/XTACnNZUKA
Btw 2009 and 2019 Euro Area monthly exports to the UK and the US surged by the same amount, c. $10bn, as they did to
RT @JohnConstableRA: Good Day! A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno, Sunset by Joseph Wright of Derby 1781 Oil on Canvas (Yale Center for Briti…
An increasing share of sovereign debt restructurings involve litigation. imf.org/external/pubs/… https://t.co/jnQlAJJEDh
For anyone interested in critical political economy of sovereign debt it is quite a moment: Last week, EU attracted €233bn in bids for €17bn of
The 2017 report on @ecb governance for @anticorruption written by @BJMbraun poses a series of challenges on governance, conflicts of interest, involvement of European Parliament
VW as well as Daimler is rebounding to profit on back of Chinese recovery. ft.com/content/1e30ee… https://t.co/BUv7GmrATg
"Like most other novel human viruses, Sars-Cov-2 is zoonotic: it crossed from animals into humans. As deforestation and climate change increase disease spread, virus-hunters race
The US has rejected the front-running candidate to head the World Trade Organization, defying the body’s other 160 member nations and leaving the outcome of
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