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There are some basic parameters of economic life, which, to shift, causes spectacular upheaval: US homeownership ra… https://t.co/9MoLnLTln0

Europe's Political Economy nPutting Italy's woes in context, as IMF makes clear, Europe's banks have suffered a… https://t.co/yc5yq1wMcI

Where the zombies live: hammering taken by EU banks since 2007 has been devastating. Japan looks positively healthy… https://t.co/3nPc01WyFc

CorrelationEU bank shares & lending is remarkable. Leads IMF to raise bank profitability to status of policy target… https://t.co/9L5LitrKga

China’s shadow banking growth dramatic. Smaller banks rely most on model. IMF asks: What could possibly go wrong?… https://t.co/sapCD7lg2t

IMF’s summary of the pivotal role of City of London in global financial system. Does this move post-Brexit?… https://t.co/f3SKDgotQd

After the crisis (1)nThe crisis of 2007-2008 blew apart familiar distinctions between macroeconomic policy, bank… https://t.co/QORFwQh76g

Update on Mosul dam … 2017 great disaster waiting to happen?nhttps://t.co/3WjZwyMHc7

America's Political Economy (44)nThis from Duncan Weldon, head of research at the Resolution Foundation, on the… https://t.co/i0Md41w6hx

My favourite Christmas card: Joseph minds the baby while Mary reads in bed.n15th century, in the Fitzwilliam. https://t.co/UKzI78bEB8

The world’s largest hedge fund is building an algorithmic model from its employees’ brains https://t.co/JgG0oUdsJr https://t.co/8qs9pv7IJK

Notes on the Global Condition (44)nCrisis logics from Big Box to the ship-breaking beaches of Gujarat: Since 2008… https://t.co/qmojDv3ZhV

As Italy votes, this is a great 'how we got here' piece from a couple of years ago. nhttps://t.co/QVffAISzzB

Taken by Edie on a beautiful xmas day in Central Park 2016

“​Iceland’s Ghost Planes” by @warisboring https://t.co/8XiE6dJ3vS

OTD 25 years ago, Gorbachev announced his resignation. The Soviet flag at the Kremlin was lowered after Gorbachev left at 7:32PM Moscow time

Home for Xmas? Share a pic of a familiar landscape that inspires you! We love Paul Nash's 'Events on the Downs'… https://t.co/T2IwBmtILJ

How ideas ( like #BasicIncome ) spread. Every little action/like/share helps unfold the next chain of events. You a… https://t.co/eUTdYH0Mop

Tracking Santa in the Cold War … and defending the reindeer against those who don’t believe in xmas ;)… https://t.co/6Z9fzvtfiH

Notes on the Global Condition (43) Xmas edition <:-)>nGuarding Santa: "CONAD, Army, Navy and Marine Air Forces… https://t.co/Wz4RosWgrD

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How markets and tech have shifted sources of US electricity generation. Striking how significant hydro was in 1950.… https://t.co/tEifMPoYdr

Workshop economies of Asia have huge merchandise export to GDP ratios. Even India and Indonesia’s are higher than t… https://t.co/TtFSAHqtZ4

If there is one regime where reserves really seem to have enabled freedom of action it is Russia: Both 2008-2009 an… https://t.co/feTAY3PNrS