ADAM TOOZE

The ARA complex – Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp is the leading oil refining and distillate storage complex in the wor… https://t.co/78lKASpKOs

The Rhine is running dry and that disrupts petroleum supply to Switzerland! Sub 2 feet water levels force barges to… https://t.co/1Lq6d6ofR8

Semiconductors the basic ingredient of digital economy are having their worst market month since the great recessio… https://t.co/l9yvcRAJMN

Bad as the spring and summer were for EM, since August S&P500 correction has US market level-pegging with EM!… https://t.co/ChgGtoJVja

“The era of the well‐aimed shot is already behind us. Giving out the night‐flightbombing order, the sq… https://t.co/nwL9JmJO7W

"hidden in every improvement of firearms‐especially the increase inrange‐is an indirect assault on the conditi… https://t.co/8bavXPAzoX

"Remarkable thing is, Europeans are setting the most aggressive CO2 rules globally. But the policy of the industria… https://t.co/45cjUctIxi

How bad is Trump’s trade war for the global econ? Depends on macroeconomic context. Trump stimulus boost global dem… https://t.co/Viq8DBiiNB

“Big carmakers are valued like they will soon be bankrupt. The stocks are telling us a mighty recession is coming —… https://t.co/5tyifOleHx

"Trump’s stimulus has had a far bigger effect on the global economy than Trump’s protectionism.” @Brad_Setser… https://t.co/JMUN5QpG9K

In US incomes of those with "Nordic ancestry” are relatively high, “this suggests that the incomes of Nordic people… https://t.co/fXddJcF6f7

Trump’s stimulus has caused imports to surge despite tariffs and threat of trade wars to come. Great post by… https://t.co/B9b7MVR4i7

The Pickup Index of standard of living: In Finland it costs more than in the US! Priceless nuggets from the CEA Bla… https://t.co/HGtoYkTrO8

@pbergsen We are in a delirious moment for sure!

I kid you not: Trump’s Council of Economic Advisors really did just publish a study of The Opportunity Costs of Soc… https://t.co/37eof80dAB

It's unclear if this Facebook profile actually belongs to “Boshirov” — but determining the time when the lone photo… https://t.co/lcXbK5ytU1

America may have been the most dynamic economy of the 19th and early 20th century but it was HORRIBLY unstable. The… https://t.co/QR7M5NgXIE

Regional parliamentary elections in Hesse Germany (where Frankfurt is located) promise another spectacular shock to… https://t.co/m4FcDSY2g1

Wow … might just stop here for a quiet read next time in Berlin. Beautiful! https://t.co/2d1eZ8EvUp

I told Sam he could take off the nail polish if he wanted but lots of guys wear it like Thor (@chrishemsworth) & Ca… https://t.co/AVmpDE9eG0

British Tanks roll through Dublin during the Irish Civil War. Most likely taken at College Green with the Bank of I… https://t.co/yOJvRj0G1N

The latest polling offers up a lot of different possibilities: https://t.co/DZ5MUeyyBl

Btw 2003 and 2008 the leveraged loan business doubled and in the decade since it has doubled again. Is this corpora… https://t.co/dGNtpeZcUd

Yemen-effect: One element of Saudi’s arms imports bill that has gone through the roof is its expenditure on bombs a… https://t.co/8HuCcma0N5

The merchants of death narrative has its limits! Saudi’s budget is twice the size of any other arms importer. Its p… https://t.co/tf0sHtKmGt

Spiralling debt service costs in the 1980s and 1990s delivered a major hit to Italy’s fiscal position. H/t… https://t.co/zgn9zxKr2l

Despite all Trump’s arm waving, US arms exports to Saudi are a tiny 0.125% of US exports: $2.94bn v. $2.35trn total… https://t.co/XVlpxzbAaK

The twenty year period in which foreigners were main buyers of US sovereign debt issuance came to an end in 2015.… https://t.co/CgmNprp6RG

As Saudi has plunged into the Gulf region arms race, its dependence on the US for imports has increased.… https://t.co/MiYG1wydfU

Trade war/New Cold War? Investors don’t seem to care. Foreign holdings of Chinese stocks&bonds stood at $462.2bn at… https://t.co/60yENoP8ZW

@adam_tooze so, if all that was spent on US arms, and you use a standard jobs supported per billion dollars of expo… https://t.co/mnnpNzR5ZJ

@DuncanWeldon Oh, the classic tree trunk lean-to … Brings huge grin to my face. Nice to know you and I will be st… https://t.co/Y0gXTOlCXf

Saudi is the world’s largest arms importer. But lets put this in perspective: its arms import budget is $7-8bn.… https://t.co/vNHn6Moub3

If India and China could achieve full coverage it would halve the world’s population without access to internet. h/… https://t.co/cRatQCrLgY

As oil production recovers in response to firming prices and sustained global demand, it is US production that has… https://t.co/Xw7KFnqPSO

The cost of staying silent on mental health – Read this brave piece about the journey from self employment and suc… https://t.co/vHxfzSI5Wx