ADAM TOOZE

How Von der Leyen is making the case to GroKo Bundestag members for increased Bundeswehr spending. From… https://t.co/uDNBv9uPvm

Behold Japan’s "lost decades”: 1.6% down on the US over a generation of growth since 1990. Within the margin of err… https://t.co/tmOfpTNsMW

“Putting Deutsche [Bank] and Commerzbank together would go some way towards creating a German champion, but it's li… https://t.co/4JlAUORjJq

For better and worse the gig economy is totally overhyped: essentially no change in contribution to national labour… https://t.co/XvBFkXXSJ2

Chaos in Trump’s trade policy: great takes both by @FT and @WSJ today: Read both! dhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/ge… https://t.co/7f8dpHy5Ct

Missed this remarkable image from the anniversary celebrations of the Marshall Plan last year: Kissinger-Merkel-Mar… https://t.co/C65H5f1NhI

"the Fed may be very aggressive when boosting rates over the next year. Not aggressive in the pace of rate hikes, b… https://t.co/JAXT9YfDkB

Oh … and the US social security fund just went into deficit with fund due to be fully depleted by 2034 and that for… https://t.co/TBrs74oG8m

“It’s like a bad episode of Celebrity Apprentice … They’re all gaming how to get back in the centre circle on a dai… https://t.co/jKrZRqVx2d

How long can the ECB hawks keep up the taper talk in the face of sustained bad news from the eurozone real economy?… https://t.co/GNWSOryiyk

Has Trump’s erratic protectionism finally worn out the patience of power brokers in the Republican party? The Koch… https://t.co/vRaqV4dwJr

Why is the German manufacturing data looking so bad? Euroarea and domestic demand plunged. The old familiar story …… https://t.co/jdwC0ZXBdV

Well. We seem to be having an intra-Gwrman coalition arms race on European reform proposals. And about time too https://t.co/P2FLm9QAwY

Whilst the US lived the drama of two tech booms, Japan suffered “lost decades” – huge difference, right?!* In fact,… https://t.co/iCzXckJ6VW

The ripple effect of the Leipzig court ruling and the Hamburg ban —> diesel ban now mandated for Aachen. In Autolan… https://t.co/aMCAZ3tNqF

Olaf Scholz strikes a more constructive tone on Europe in this @SPIEGEL_Politik interview. Common unemp reinsurance… https://t.co/1MhJXFVcZU

Just heard Home Office denied residence to my French neighbour – here 17 years, married to a British man, caring fo… https://t.co/sULGdYKhNn

Calling the weather in June 1944: How a committee of rivals got the weather on 6 June right, but could easily have… https://t.co/3HMewVlrfg

"In 1982 only 2% of Portuguese private sector salaried workers had a college degree. This figure is now close to 20… https://t.co/jLKZwFjhgH

Labour force skill level data on Portugal are not great. But at least they are headed in the right direction.… https://t.co/Sz9ve9zjer

High Yield and Leveraged Loan Markets are now a $2trn market that could easily result in $500bn in defaults and dis… https://t.co/p7QVn8Z7YO

“They call it the solar coaster.” China’s heavily controlled market dominates global demand for solar panels —> new… https://t.co/gmslGxP62R

What are the odds that the inflationary uptick in Germany will persist into 2018. Certainly not looking like much p… https://t.co/mcvV6uyjra

I like today's @NewStatesman a lot. It has: @GavJacobson on the Kims, @wself on Grenfell, @EricaWgnr on rocks & riv… https://t.co/KWBKZFZo7L

Bond trading billionaire Howard set to make huge profit: "A person familiar with Mr Howard’s trades said he had pla… https://t.co/2sp7dMKnmX

"Global foreign direct investment fell by 23 per cent in 2017 and is expected to grow only modestly, if at all, thi… https://t.co/GmdSPJ978D