ADAM TOOZE

Destruction of political norms started decades ago in 1990 with Rep turn against Bush 41's bipartisan tax raise https://t.co/2zXAMN6eNw

Revenue and profit for top 50 global corporations. Puts margins in perspective. Most have to churn for profit!… https://t.co/l4vG4MqCev

Compelling new data on who immigration & leadership were key to support for Brexit AND turnout in referendum.… https://t.co/UxvoxklhpQ

This 1985 Goldman fixed income recruitment video is… amazing. https://t.co/zHB38LfyrM

a proletarian Vangelis, a socialist Jean Michelle Jarre: Simo Lazarov, Bulgaria's electronic music pioneer, in conc… https://t.co/I19FfvE6Gl

Yuck. "Productivity in the US construction sector has been stagnating or even declining for decades."… https://t.co/KGq4e78u9X

Baudelaire ‘every old master has his own modernity’ Neil Davidson on uneven and combined development 2… https://t.co/s5wasDF1cv

Market forces: ban ivory —> create a market for illegally “mined” 10,000 year old woolly mammoth tusks!… https://t.co/iwtooTW3Ly

@PrateekRaj_ fair points. I used the word “daring” advisedly!

@suvyboy thanks!

21st century America: Tower A-2 Chicago where 1930s technology is used to control busiest rail traffic in entire US… https://t.co/C60HZo3FNi

Saudi Aramco’s Manifa offshore oil field built on 27 man-made islands frm 2010 enters production 2013 cost $10 bn… https://t.co/yKS2u07UlJ

Between the 1957 and 1961 seasons, 13 Formula 1 drivers were killed in crashes! https://t.co/zFeWEfx05O… https://t.co/oidgaWLctZ

A handy summary of Russia #sanctions bill from US senate by @edwardfishman https://t.co/qqDFOii7Ek

How much longer? 8m American workers, 6 % total are retail salespeople & cashiers, at severe risk of automation.… https://t.co/ShU5NTko9M

Not like the others: Saudi Aramco prepares for its $trn IPO by reconsidering its state-building role… https://t.co/pWTsqEf5oa

Real interest rates ARE down, but the huge surge in the 1980s distorts our view of the current situation @joshdigga… https://t.co/qT471T4mMa

Pulling no punches on currency manipulation @PIIE out with new estimates of imbalances caused!… https://t.co/JkqQswELZA

The Fed’s revealed preference for 1.5 % (Beckworth) Great roundup on inflation and the Fed @SMerler… https://t.co/NTbPiCNucK

Indonesia now rated investment grade by all agencies may be in line for major inflow of FDI. UNCTAS ranks it 4th!… https://t.co/6c8mZBhyb0

8 % interest rates in Turkey are driving a lively carry trade and pushing the lira off its lows. No crisis, for now… https://t.co/dh9emJnlWn

April 25 2017 Xi convened Politburo “collective study session” entirely devoted to financial security @bnaughton https://t.co/uG9Obr2SND

Shrinking cities: “resource-depleted”, deindustrialising urban areas are a global phenomenon.… https://t.co/zOS4QJM9bn

Who pays the dividends? In 2016 oil/gas were up there with banks, health care, well ahead of tech… https://t.co/0Z7WhKw72k

$1trn or $2trn that is the question … either way Saudi Aramco’s IPO will make it most valuable company in the world… https://t.co/9iJKUcJrSz

the reduction of words to mere signs is, of course, a technical necessity in certain fields, like military codes. Lukacs on DH