ADAM TOOZE

@PP_Rubens Imagine creating art like this in the middle of the Thirty Years War! Life not looking so nasty, brutish or short.

Colin Clark, one of fathers of modern economic statistics, is a truly fascinating figure. twitter.com/economicthough…

RT @adam_tooze: Obviously 2020 was a horrible year for the UK economy. But this only serves to highlight the 1921 deflationary contraction…

Looking for benchmarks against which to gauge socio-economic impact of energy transition? How about the end of peasant agriculture in Europe? In 1955 40% of

Obviously 2020 was a horrible year for the UK economy. But this only serves to highlight the 1921 deflationary contraction after World War I. ft.com/content/31364c…

Chartbook Newsletter #17 Realism & Net Zero: The EU Case Just dropped. Its the annotated and illustrated version of a recent @socialeurope column. Sign up

RT @AdrianHiel: As the 723rd person in your timeline to RT this article by @adam_tooze I apologise – but it really is very good: https://t.…

RT @wildebees: Here’s a fantastic podcast framing the huge challenges facing our political systems as they struggle to respond to climate c…

@basiloberholzer @socialeurope @econotw Of course. Why not? My purpose was simply to take two of the most conventional sources imaginable and see what they envision.

@brian11kim Check out the debate with Helen Thomposon on @TPpodcast_ which I reference. I use the word “defy” not “violate”.

@RupertDarwall @EU_Commission @McKinsey @TPpodcast_ @HelenHet20 No … as I say in the piece it doesn’t.

RT @70sBachchan: FT spot on that a rising carbon price is a one-way bet for hedge funds & traders. EU Greens have come of age.

RT @70sBachchan: 13/ Decarbonization by 2050 is ambitious but feasible. But dont get scared by Trillion $ figures floating about: "Realloca…

RT @timbolord: Great @adam_tooze piece – two key insights (a) net zero is hard but it isn't *that* hard – key techs all exist and

RT @DissentMag: .@adam_tooze reviews Lucas Chancel's Unsustainable Inequalities. dissentmagazine.org/article/the-gl…

RT @jwdwerner: @adam_tooze Every time I use this graph in a presentation, part of the audience mistakes the US column for the y-axis. It’s…

RT @jossgarman: Brilliant blog by @adam_tooze "Decarbonisation may be a mind-boggling technical proposition, but the collective mobilisati…

If you want an in-depth “classic” breakdown of global balance of payments/current account, this by @CEPS_thinktank is your kinda thing. ceps.eu/ceps-publicati… Makes me miss @Brad_Setser

On continuing tension in US-EU relations this by @brookeamasters is v useful. ft.com/content/473380… Add to her list carbon pricing and border adjustment. Gap btw EU

America’s rate of incarceration is so anomalous that it practically needs a separate graph. Its truly its own regime type! worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankin… https://t.co/U2WOTHQrOX

And in you daily update from the North American 19th century … Canadian Pacific Railway’s proposed takeover of the Kansas City Southern railroad is a

“Unwinding what was briefly appropriate macro policy is going to be painful,” There’s EM There’s China And then there’s Erdogan’s Turkey! In Nov, story was

RT @ChiefExecCCC: ‘Decarbonisation may be a mind-boggling technical proposition, but the collective mobilisation required is not remotely o…

RT @ChiefExecCCC: This is littered with brilliant insights from @adam_tooze. socialeurope.eu/europes-decarb…

@jman17 @globalhlthtwit Hi @jman17 as you know point of @socialeurope piece is how to decide whether decarbonization is realistic. I say: "well here is a

@FADCLDN @GChamedes @meadwaj @DissentMag @jrhopkin My read of Draghi’s Die Zeit interview was that he said that he was a liberal socialist back in the

Unlike colleagues in markets Im not familiar with stress of making a call on a banking regulation and its impact on bond markets. But after

@jman17 @globalhlthtwit Fair enough. But would you apply the same logic to the European Commission too? The agreement btw the two is dramatic. Just group

RT @jonsindreu: As an argument, "the natural rate of interest forced me to pass an act through Congress" sounds a bit like "it was God's

@JohnRentoul @MadameButcher Yes. But this isnt an effect of the war. Obs. They were just regular working class folk.

What to expect on path to decarbonization in Europe? If you take projections by @EU_Commission @McKinsey seriously the energy transition is far less dramatic than

RT @TrinleyWalker: Superb from @adam_tooze on what it will take for Europe to decarbonise by 2050. “The employment impact of the energy t…

RT @marcmakingsense: Turkey Drags EM Lower while US Yields Soften Ahead of Supply: Overview:  Equities in the Asia Pacific region and Europ…

Realism and the path to net-zero Last week @HelenHet20 and I had a fascinating exchange about this on @TPpodcast_ with D. Runciman. In this @socialeurope

RT @kraghclaus: @adam_tooze is optimistic when it comes to #EnergyTransition : Europe’s decarbonisation challenge? ‘Wir schaffen das’ https…