ADAM TOOZE

An economist I had beers with put it this way: Puerto Rico was in a Great Depression before the hurricanes. Now the economy is just

Marc Bloch: There is no task more important for econ hist than determining motives of collective confidence in mone… https://t.co/DjT5wLBte3

Steinbeck: “the whole physical basis of the novel is discipline of the writer” fantastic from @brainpicker https://t.co/vy46jpIIW8

"Work is the only good thing": on discipline and what can only be described as a work ethic in Steinbeck’s life… https://t.co/ipFe8xZUrH

One to watch if you are in range of BBC! https://t.co/EScAbkaFBt

Extraordinary account of the finances of Charles II following the restoration in 1660 leading up to default of 1672. https://t.co/H3eV5LENOc

@adam_tooze Expanded on it a bit today https://t.co/jkbCfRqy42

"It’s not the amount of work but the almost physical drive that goes into it…” Steinbeck on writing big books… https://t.co/C5MWmzXFta

Excellent as ever from @DuncanWeldon on the long-term trends constraining @bankofengland choices… https://t.co/6UVHDt15ZO

This review of recent French state theory by the brilliant Danilo Scholz is worth getting a @redaktionmerkur sub fo… https://t.co/U1YOplxjwH

Hey, today is the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution h/t @_CB01 Good reminder that markets aren't alway… https://t.co/JSEbGlmkFH

This story has it all: Nutella, Abkhazia-Georgia-Russia-EU trade wars and marmorated stinkbugs (sic)!… https://t.co/5QBWblYboy

It is crucial to understand how recently the UK became a country of net immigration. https://t.co/XKNpO2hv8S

Survey of SPD-Linke dilemmas in Germany by @FT pulls its punch. Future of EU/EZ may depend on alternative to CDUFDP… https://t.co/fSeSpw6l5A

Why focusing on bilateral trade deficits in a value-chain world can mislead @Brad_Setser on S Korea and Taiwan https://t.co/rKHp7Rht4C

Not just China: @Brad_Setser excellent on new wave of Forex intervention in Asia and why Treasury is silent about i… https://t.co/moHCNWgcTL

Varus’s last stand: Revisiting the battle of Teutoburg Forest. Not so much a battle as a massacre… https://t.co/Hry016I8IY

France and Italy in talks to form a “naval airbus”. Is any consolidation a good consolidation?… https://t.co/v3PF1TUQxU

Shock of the old: 10k M60 tanks still in service in ME = upgrades of 1950s M48s. How to upgrade them for 21st c?… https://t.co/CVoUYh2PGW

Interesting on the economics of Iraqi Shia militia: $800 per month fighting ISIS/Kuds v. $ 160 driving a taxi… https://t.co/InUKJiTvfw

Modernist Bread: A five volume 2642 page study of bread. In another life I wish I had time to indulge in this!… https://t.co/Rb8ARz4SWu

BMW’s Spartanburg SC plant attracted by state-level subsidies in 1990s now the largest BMW plant in the world.… https://t.co/8OoYc32cYj

Varoufakis calls Schaeuble out on his comments about Adults in the Room. With time on his hands might Schaeuble rep… https://t.co/P2Y2NlSGvf

1947 on German-British reconciliation: the English are earnestly committed to trying to forget the war … https://t.co/hzrpSjZe4m

Was WWI a crisis not just of liberalism but of the Rechtsstaat? Question posed by Deak&Gumz in v interesting AHR… https://t.co/pZ32vQ4oX1

Europe may have higher unemployment rates but more prime age men are inactive in the US @RayDalio @SoberLook… https://t.co/pINYLywobH

Cognitive dissonance. Perception of immigrant presence wildly at odds with reality in US/Portugal and UK @wef… https://t.co/l1tEvV7Lrx

If the Great Lakes Region were a separate nation it would have 3rd largest economy in the world… https://t.co/BEZQBkwTNv