ADAM TOOZE

RT @InvariantPersp1: @adam_tooze Here's Nancy Pelosi at JFK's inauguration gala. https://t.co/CyrHiBOSu8

RT @stephenwertheim: Thanks, @adam_tooze! As Adam indicates, I argue that Lend-Lease marked a more profound shift in U.S. strategic calcula…

In pace and volume, US military aid for Ukraine now envisioned by Biden admin surpasses all obvious historical precedents, other than WWII Lend-Lease. Chartbook #119

The F-35 program is expected to cost taxpayers a total of $1.7 trillion across its lifecycle to 2070. Of that $1.3 trn is “sustainment”. defensenews.com/air/2021/07/07…

The quiet death of quantiative monetary targeting at the Bundesbank in the 1980s and 1990s. Fascinating paper by @maxkrahe @FlorianMKern for @DezernatZ on a truly

Nigerian domestic airlines notify government of immediate end to operations on account of jet fuel prices. Nigeria is a BIG country with a lot of

The correlation between bitcoin and Nasdaq is hitting record highs. Both are responding to the Fed’s policy tightening. Not much differential value here. @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2022/05/06/sen…

RT @AleGuerani: Se volete leggere qualcosa di decente, non le baggianate dei politici e dei loro cantori, vi consiglio l'analisi dello stor…

The language in the C.I.A. memo was unequivocal: The 3,500-mile gas pipeline from Siberia to Germany is a direct threat to the future of Western

Mr. Putin and Exxon chairman Rex Tillerson – FUTURE US Sec of state – wearing the Order of Friendship, a Russian state decoration, in St.

American gerontocracy: In recommending Ukraine Democracy Defence Lend-Lease Act of 2022 to the House, Speaker Pelsoi evoked the memory of her father who voted for

@s1moyer Their sponsorship of I-O analysis after WWII.

RT @e_sarotte: Both in person and online: My @ftweekend festival panel with Fiona Hill, Alexander Rodnyansky, and Peter Spiegel, 5pm today…

What is the best thing to read on Leontief and the US airforce and industrial planning?

@snilttroll Yeah … where did he go? I could have sworn he used to be a presence. Did he drop off?

@QuincyInst Cheers @QuincyInst glad to be in alignment with you on this.

On May 9 Pres Biden may sign into law a Lend Lease Act for Ukraine. It is symbolic but symbolic of what? The "great American

As bottlenecks at US West coast ports ease, the trade deficit is blowing out to historic levels. Great charts from @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2022/05/05/jum… https://t.co/Aq4tylyMeD

"We must begin again from the beginning: with the work of capturing our own time in thought.” Bravo @BarnabyRaine @salvagedotzone salvage.zone/did-somebody-s… https://t.co/x1AAcfQImM

I was privileged yesterday to take part in the celeberation/discussion/“exam” of Tim Barker’s PhD on Cold War Capitalism: The Political Economy of American Military Spending,

RT @happyhappyhenri: Fantastic books about WWII, it’s impact on geopolitical make up of the world, very relevant to people looking at the i…

Turkey’s inflation has hit 70% thedailyshot.com/2022/05/06/sen… https://t.co/jaETNbMsVN

On Victory day May 9 2022, will Pres Biden sign the Ukraine Lend Lease Act into law? In @guardian last week I sketched the explosive

2021 saw the publication of three important books about the history of 1941. @stephenwertheim on US policy Sims & @CharlieLaderman & Klaus Schmider on WWII

RT @RajaKorman: @nicholasmairone @adam_tooze @SoberLook The impact is not just on EMs (though worse 4 them). If world hit by a -ve demand s…

Chartbook #119 just dropped on Lend Lease and history. Further to the Guardian article last week. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-11…

The renminbi’s slide continues. @SoberLook with all the best charts. thedailyshot.com/2022/05/06/sen… https://t.co/C5OJ4eimTs

Dollar is now approaching the kind of level that caused stress around global financial system in March 2020. @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2022/05/06/sen… https://t.co/NaeQNmrETH

Since 2021 Polish and Czech central banks have hiked rates brutally. @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2022/05/06/sen… https://t.co/PPxzCYb8Lc

The thirty-year trend in Bund yields is a remarkable chart. @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2022/05/06/sen… https://t.co/lRj7axESgy

"What is the Fed’s “terminal rate” (the maximum fed funds rate in the current tightening cycle)? Here is the market pricing." @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2022/05/06/sen… https://t.co/1jCMsMLxSs

US labour market is as tight as it has been in decades. thedailyshot.com/2022/05/06/sen… https://t.co/hhxbiL6lBR

Along with GDP fluctuations, we are seeing wild swings in labour productivity in US. thedailyshot.com/2022/05/06/sen… https://t.co/7G1hXP8Esm

Eurozone spreads are not at critical levels but they are widening fast. It is “periphery” that pays the price as signs are set for tightening.

Give or take Covid, rebound, covid 2.0, rebound 2.0, eurozone retail sales are exactly where you would expect them to be on 2015-> trend. thedailyshot.com/2022/05/05/jum…

RT @iyad_elbaghdadi: Last month, I did a deep-dive interview with @CarnegieMEC about the future of relations between the United States and…