As @gilliantett points out here, streamlining and ramping up global vaccine distribution is key. ft.com/content/fcd037… Charity @CARE doing great work here anatomizing costs of distributing
RT @edbrophy: "Once you understand exponential growth, it is hard to think about anything else.” ―Robert E. Lucas, winner of the Nobel Pri…
@Alan_Allport Let’s just say that the decision to leave is one that has aged well.
@valfardsutskott Agreed. The tweet was intended ironically
@valfardsutskott You note the tongue in cheek here!!!!!
In context of ghastly European debate about return to Maastricht criteria. Quick reminder that Greece’s debt/gdp currently 208% and on track to reach 65.4% by
"South Sudan has recently — belatedly — received some vaccines. But distribution infrastructure is so weak that “tarmac-to-arm” is an eye-popping $22 a person, excluding
"The idea of a green investment rule in the EU has been under discussion for some time, but it is viewed with intense suspicion in
@grahamwjenkins For those outside the defense sphere I promise you it is pretty f***ing mysterious. Eager to read other accounts of this entire phase. Do
In their paper, the eight fiscal hawks led by dutch, Austrians and NL indicate that they are willing to see the EU's fiscal rules reapplied
Scratch surface of World Bank & what you find is an organization functioning as a conduit for private funding, constrained by ratings agencies See Chartbook
RT @raschnzz: Tolles Gespräch vom Kollegen @hospger mit dem Historiker @adam_tooze twitter.com/hospger/status…
RT @OliverRakau: Germany's core CPI was about 0.4% above its pre-pandemic trend level in Aug. –> energy prices & base effects mostly drive…
The global war on terror triggered by 9/11 was a vast undertaking. It took hundreds of thousands of lives, reshaped America’s relations with large parts
Despite forecasts of decline following the Afghanistan withdrawal, the US military is planning another century of global domination. In August 2021, the dismaying scenes at
Plus Afghanistan, the New Statesman etc. Bruno Macaes and I both have books out right now about global politics and the COVID crisis. Bruno’s is
RT @DanielaGabor: Speaking of Revolution without Revolutionaries @adam_tooze here is Lagarde publicly making a case for (ECB-led) coordinat…
@vpalsmith33 @BungaCast One of my project for the Chartbook on Shutdown series is to take on the Brenner reading of 2020. Escalating Plunder and Neofeudalism
@voices_hive NOTE TO SELF: READ MORE DELEUZE.
@LadLabour @BungaCast Yeah. Sorry. Lapavitsas I ain’t. But agree that he would be a great guest for the Bunga team to have on. I’d definitely
@voices_hive I recently discovered the concept of the “non-finito”. Really into that. adamtooze.substack.com/about
@jwassers @GavJacobson Completely agree. I am sure there must be earlier examples in the 19th century.
In medias res: Frequently asked question: how did you write a history like Shutdown in real time? (Short) answer: We all do, that's all we
@voices_hive @OllietheC0llie Apologies to Ollie. I feel his need.
Can Beijing manage a controlled implosion of Evergrande and the tech bubble at the same time? ft.com/content/6d127e… https://t.co/aS491ezD0i
"Investors are confronting the growing possibility that Evergrande will default, a debacle that could cascade across global markets and has exposed the perilous state of
Post-American world? New piece in @NewStatesman on American hard power out now. newstatesman.com/world/north-am… At weekend, to pair with it: Chartbook #36 will dive into the
Janet Yellen warns US Treasury risks running out of cash in October. Letter to congressional leaders comes as White House worries about possibility of debt
Today sees the relaunch of the hitherto slumbering “high-level economic dialogue” between the US and Mexico. But what is HLED, you ask? @Aime_Williams in arch
On the Chartbook Newsletter I am exploring key themes in my new book Shutdown. So far: #1 Keynes #2 History in medias res #3 World
"There is a hierarchy of grief and I know my place in it. I lost no one. I never fought in the wars that followed.
A date to remember … siege of Sevastopol ended. twitter.com/EmbassyofRussi…
@meadwaj @davies_will @poltheoryother I would say that you need to read hierarchy and introduce (rather than impose) structure.
“The ECB’s challenge is to convince markets that tapering is not the same as tightening,” ft.com/content/09e6da… https://t.co/DFIQoxC5aW
@davies_will @meadwaj @poltheoryother Keynes, Keynes, Keynes … v. Schmitt v. Weber v. “Orthodox” economics.
@davies_will @poltheoryother @stefeich Seriously … I find what is normally made of Weber excruciating (Bielefeld school, pol sci realism). It took reading Radkau’s mind- blowning/mindblown
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