ADAM TOOZE

Larry Summers deploying a mixture of macro arithmetic and “opposites connect” centrism to denounce $2k checks as a “serious mistake”. twitter.com/BloombergTV/st…

RT @byHeatherLong: Too often we talk about what happens in Congress & the WH like a horserace or TV drama. But millions of Americans are..…

RT @JStein_WaPo: This is the critical story today, from @byHeatherLong & @rachsieg Families on brink of eviction, hunger describe nightma…

@tedfertik @MarkMuro1 @Oceanyou5 @robmaxim Precisely. I took it to confirm the narrative we were discussing. Not one of a kind of liberal theodicy but a

@watsonforster @WellsFargo @SoberLook You are totally right. I dont know why I misread this. I thought the right hand axis was billions which would have

Trump won 5* more counties in the US election of 2020 than did Biden, but the red-places are thinly populated and relatively poor. Even the

Still to me the most staggering socio economic fact about 2020 election: Biden won 509 to 2547 counties for Trump. But Biden’s account for 71%

The International Monetary Fund reckons Iraqi GDP will have shrunk by 12% 2020 and that the budget deficit will reach 22% of GDP. The United

'Any decarbonisation goals must take into account the minimum of seven to 10 years required for developing the new mines we will need.” ft.com/content/9970b5… https://t.co/DFrB6rkrcA

"Britain’s fishing industry adds less value to the UK economy than the Harrods department store.” ft.com/content/562fdf… https://t.co/CTGih5aee2

RT @ErikThomson7: @ersatzgenius @adam_tooze @OUPAcademic Fantastic book. I bought it in a paperback 15 years ago, and it was a lot less ex…

RT @TheGreatGug: @adam_tooze @OUPAcademic It's the kind of thing that I as a layman might consider for $25, just for fun. Surely there are…

RT @DissentMag: And book reviews by @WaldenBello @adam_tooze @gabrielwinant @jwassers and Hari Ramesh. Subscribe today (or purchase a gif…

RT @StefanLeifert: Where the #Brexit deal is made: https://t.co/okzfZgrlxK

On Chinese recovery and green expectations, copper prices are surging to $8000 per ton. How long will it take for supply to begin adjusting? @SoberLook

If I read this graph correctly, and one has to rub ones eyes, it is saying that 70 percent of all bonds – government and

@ndrichardson Ran out of characters … grandpa/dad/brother/husband/boyfriend/nephew … there is a pattern here I am sure 😉

@AndrewWattEU @Recher @derspiegel @drleighannjones Hi Andrew. One question I have, is why do the trials of the Oxford vaccine seem to have been so much

Often mull kind comments I receive from colleagues around this time of year: “Gave your book to grandpa/dad for xmas. He loved I”! Often followed

Andrew Wyeth 1951, Trodden Weed visualdiplomacyusa.blogspot.com/search/label/A… https://t.co/I6fdtg3Tb0

Spot price index for China’s hot-rolled steel is surging to record levels. @SoberLook #chinapolecon https://t.co/5JNrTN9hb3

US Treasury bills, notes and bonds. What is the difference? Term: Bills < 1 year Notes 2,3,5,10 years Bonds 30 years TIPS inflation adjusted 5,10,30

Foreign investors bought a slice of the flood of US Treasury bills. This would be more meaningful if we had shares of the new issuance.

FDI flows to Brazil have been severely depressed throughout 2020. @SoberLook #LATAM https://t.co/XYUBAjZJre

"The number of contacts identified for each COVID-19 case varies wildly, from an average of 17 per case in Taiwan, to 2 in the United

The Field and the Forge: Population, Production, and Power in Pre-industrial West: By John Landes. Why does a title like this cost $82? @OUPAcademic Has

Add up commercial and residential real estate and you have by far the largest asset in US portfolios. @BrookingsEcon via @SoberLook #USpolecon https://t.co/kZqderoDZO

How fast could premodern armies move? Why was 12-13 miles per day the feasible maximum if you wanted to keep your army and your men

Tech war damage spreads: Dilemma for European car manufacturers: “how to manufacture a modern car in China without semiconductors from the US”? They will figure

"This year, the worst economy in history was offset for shareholders by the combination of valuations propped up by central-bank action and corporate profit margins

RT @ahistoryinart: George Scholz's self-portrait, standing in front of an advertising column, is the quintessential man in the street, a pe…

"European tech executives and diplomats are accusing the US of using its sanctions regime to shut them out of the Chinese market while offering exemptions

"Most Republicans Say They Doubt the Election. How Many Really Mean It?” This very useful piece by @emilymbadger puts the alarming figures about Rep election

Higher income households totally dominate consumer expenditure in the US. They ARE the economy. @WellsFargo via @SoberLook #uspolecon https://t.co/oPVoxjnweS

@AndrewWattEU @derspiegel Hi @AndrewWattEU that’s a powerful critique, as always. Do you happen to know if anyone has bothered with a rebuttal? You think Berlin