@laurimyllyvirta @You_Shu_China Thanks for the super-interesting exchange. Isn’t this a 3 dimensional problem now? #1 Nat Sec (rights) #2 trade, #3 climate with issues like
This year we are feverishly discussing the role of central banks. But it is a largely technical discussion and low-key. Remember back to 2019 when
Iron ore, soy, coal? Not this time. By 2025, 47-49% of the global luxury market dominated by Western brands is forecast to be Chinese consumers!
UK unemployment is surging at unprecedented rates. ft.com/content/5ec911… https://t.co/krP4ISk0JW
Not sure how meaningful this is, but it is interesting to see the array of countries ranked by “twin deficits”. @VrntPerception via @SoberLook https://t.co/KyViCN1sfT
RT @AdamDavidMorton: The marquee event for the Department of Political Economy @Sydney_Uni for the year — the annual 13th Wheelwright Lect…
Zambia is becoming a test case for the handling of the corona-triggered debt crisis. Difficulty in extracting concessions from China -> provides private creditors with
Fly and the Fly-Bottle: Encounters with British Intellectuals Ved Mehta (1962) What an extraordinary title! https://t.co/A8PrKSshq3
Thai monarch has personalized royal wealth to unprecedented extent. Fascinating analysis by @JohnReedwrites ft.com/content/251d8a… https://t.co/z7MEN6HTT9
The generational shift to central bank independence between the 1970s and the 1990s as mapped by the @ecb ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpops… https://t.co/RxtZgL9g7Y
RT @Airminded: “Military ballooning has received a wonderful auxiliary in wireless telegraphy… The large balloon does the scouting, the sma…
"As I write this I can hear the specter of R. G. Collingwood tut-tutting somewhere behind the wainscot. By the time I have finished this
LOVE these paintings of pipework by @JodiGerbi jodigerbi.com/pipes/5m4zjowy… https://t.co/y7pPpB4cC6
RT @dannydorling: @adam_tooze And when that biologist said this, in the 1970s, possibly even in the very early 1970s, that is what the 'rec…
If we are what we eat, it follows that we are what we s*** -> "dump-heap model for agricultural origins.” Hunter-gatherers like certain plants. Defecation
RT @abenanav: @adam_tooze “Viewed in long-run perspective, the growth of the earth's population has been like a long, thin powder fuse that…
RT @Noahpinion: The Singularity: You're living in it twitter.com/adam_tooze/sta…
"A biologist, looking at the diagram showing recent growth of world population, said that he had the impression of being in presence of growth curve
"on a rather restricted definition of our species (allowing 250k years), population and economic growth has occupied a mere 4% of its history; the really
In the 1960s as chair of Chicago History Dept William McNeill helped to arrange for Henry Moore to cast a bronze statue commemorating the 1st
"It is our professional duty to move toward ecumenicity, however real the risks may seem to timid and unenterprising minds.” William McNeil's 1985 presidential address
"So far, central bankers have simply exhorted Congress to provide more Covid-19 aid. They could be much more forceful if they wanted.” @BChappatta on the
“It’s like the BOJ has created an intensive care unit and wheeled everybody inside. It’s so comfortable on the drip feed that no one wants
BOJ is the “whale in the pond” of Japanese financial markets: Has over 70% of ETF market. Share of corporate debt and commercial paper quickly
RT @medialab_ScPo: L’anachronisme des séries longues et le reconstructionnisme des données : un débat rendu obsolète par les big data ? Ret…
Chinese power stations and steel mills have been verbally told to immediately stop using Australian coal. Ports have been ordered to halt unloading. Thermal is
Adding to mood in Eastern Med, Turkey is doing a test firing of missiles this week, including, perhaps, its shiny new S-400s from Russia. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
RT @Secteur_F1: Mick Schumacher remet un casque de son père à Lewis Hamilton ! #F1 #EifelGP 🇩🇪 https://t.co/1nuc4XDt8t
RT @vividcloudofwat: https://t.co/vOvUz2AGCI
Evergrande’s Top Creditors, led by China Minsheng Banking Corp., are Reducing Loan, Bond Exposure to giant, heavily-indebted developer. If Chinese authorities manage this consolidation without
"The world economy pushes into the fourth quarter with hopes for a rapid recovery from the virus shock effectively gone, according to the latest Bloomberg
In June the World Bank identified 30 emerging-market and developing economies it expects to grow this year. Some are recovering faster; others have idiosyncratic growth
In 2020 almost all economies on the planet will shrink, according to a World Bank forecast. By contrast, in 2019 almost 4 out of 5
"Rich Americans Are Protecting Their Fortunes From a Possible Biden Win Advisers are urging them to transfer wealth to the next generation to take advantage
Winslow Homer Soldiers Leaving Alexandria For Fortress Monroe, April 1st, 1862 artsy.net/viewing-room/d… https://t.co/iwFsx9XYuh
Remember the debt clock? "In last few weeks, Republicans are rediscovering their love for fiscal rectitude. Republican fiscal conservatism is a curious type of passion,
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