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@MESandbu Point taken but lets put question in reverse: When was the last time Germany speeded anyone’s growth up?… https://t.co/4mKbuVJQ9b

@MESandbu yup. I take that point. The negative impact on Fr (in keynesian terms) came before crisis. But question i… https://t.co/xMmsQq9TgK

@MESandbu Assuming we do want to go with the Keynesian logic: US 2012-2014 is certainly not fully employed, nor is… https://t.co/gr2qCZ7lib

@MESandbu what I see is: steady increase in surplus with UK since 2008, increase v US 2012-2014, bounce back of sur… https://t.co/g5UgTiMuIB

@MESandbu Hi @MESandbu its a nice graph for which we are grateful but the stacks are always fiddly to read.

Persistent Franco-German trade imbalance in face of Fr unemp is underrated element of EZ malaise @MESandbu… https://t.co/H0ToMdemQ8

Eurozone country that absorbs largest % German trade surplus is France which is far from full employment @MESandbu… https://t.co/aTF6zIqluO

We critics of Germany need to sharpen our game says @MESandbu simple Keynesian story not enough. Agreed!… https://t.co/2AGbYVJIfO

Ger surplus rose sharply v. Europe and US 2013-2016 @MESandbu … not 5 years ago! https://t.co/BsAoODtoxh… https://t.co/ixCj4XPHeJ

Bhagwati: “TPP = golf club with requirement to attend a particular church” i.e. trade/inv PLUS containment of China… https://t.co/sag28TgSWd

72 of the 200 most internationalized universities in the world are in the UK, 16 in London, 27 in the US.… https://t.co/6wHtlDuqlk

Qatar produces 25 % of all helium. Current crisis sparks interest in giant Tanzanian reserve.… https://t.co/CnSbcEx1NP

@Brad_Setser German banks won’t lend. Ger exporters go on selling. Rest of EZ go on buying and paying the Germans i… https://t.co/r6h44DV19Z

@Brad_Setser TARGET2 also enables huge capital flight from peripheral banks TO Germany.

@Brad_Setser But important not to humor German idea that they are lending money via TARGET2. ECB is providing mecha… https://t.co/OchZYhAOdz

@Brad_Setser One might also see Merkel’s new Africa policy in this light. A response to the migration issue but als… https://t.co/YdC2cTEmYG

If this is your current account, what does your capital account have to look like to make you a liberal hegemon?… https://t.co/t24V6N1rhy

Germany’s trade surplus with virtually all of Europe makes its contribution to EU budget the biggest balancing item… https://t.co/4XBPbJWxXx

Top 20 % in US are not doing badly, but the inequality problem since the 1980s concerns the very wealthy @pdacosta… https://t.co/J15j2jrSAc

Whereas major macroeconomic imbalances around the world have tended to contract since 2008 Germany’s has increased.… https://t.co/5nQTqGVvCj

Macro-mercantilism: under German leadership Eurozone current account surplus has surged @M_C_Klein… https://t.co/oxSMaCRv4x

Charting Trump’s migration from NY Democrat to right-wing populist & “The Wall” as a mnemonic to keep Trump on msg!… https://t.co/cRaUcuZA8E

How class shapes economic “analysis” Kevin Warsh, a possible Trump Fed chair, on CEOs & having fun in the board roo… https://t.co/EXo60MTZLf

Why the unqualified creature of big Republican party donors, Kevin Warsh, is a threat to the Fed… https://t.co/T0UOOhJvl1

Anti-Merkel: Welt correspondent’s jaundiced account of Merkel’s refugee policy causes stir! https://t.co/5ERwWxoZNN… https://t.co/JVXibaNQis

Galhau: Coincidence of Fr&Ger pol cycles gives unique window for a deal: French “reform” for German fiscal stimulus… https://t.co/tdy8vAUNPP

Republican attitudes on the impact of colleges & universities have changed dramatically over a short period of time… https://t.co/JtH6QNX8Ka

@t0nyyates @sam_a_bell Hi Tony I don’t doubt that “inside” talk is efficient, I think the point is that it is non-neutral in its effects.

Shareholders of USA Inc need a new CEO … @LHSummers latest on Tump … what a standard to which to hold POTUS …… https://t.co/Mwo8u63Uta

Devastating by @M_C_Klein on Gov Powell of Fed’s misleading analysis of housing crisis and policy conclusions… https://t.co/Nyvge9wNDU

On Chavez, Venezuela, the New International Economic Order, OPEC and oil excellent by @GregGrandin… https://t.co/ZoJjOYB74h