ADAM TOOZE

@joecguinan @paulewart23 I mean I TRULY have no memory of writing this. I actually kind of like it. Of course, I dont think you do

@joecguinan @paulewart23 Losing my mind. Always the most likely option …. Willl have to reread 🙂

If you believe this data, the US has eleven times more retail space per capita than Germany! Via @SoberLook https://t.co/oyHBwsaWsN

@joecguinan @paulewart23 Obviously, Ive never made any secret of fact that I find Lexit both unconvincing and unsympathetic. But I just dont remember this 2*2

@joecguinan @paulewart23 Hi @joecguinan I opened this tweet out of casual interest and now I am truly puzzled. You attribute quite an elaborate schema to

When the dangerous wave of capital flight hit in early 2020, the major EM other than China had accumulated reserves of $2.6trn. @TS_Lombard via @SoberLook

As Asian temperatures plunge and there is a shortage of carriers LNG prices are surging relative to levels in the US, triggering a dramatic surge

The three American labour markets: High wage employ on strong upward trend with relatively high resilience. Mid-wage has not risen above 2008 high with big

2020 saw both the most sudden and dramatic fall in EM funding and then the most spectacular recovery = driven above all by the huge

What does “history tell us” about the future of the dollar? Well … lets talk about that “history". A brief genealogy of the dollar “assemblage”

EU emissions contracts pushing 35 euros per tonne. Driven by credibility of decarbonization commitments. Self-reinforcing since it exercises painful pressure on all coal-fired power stations.

RT @_alialkhatib: it's okay if you have a VAGUE sense of why people are so excited that Dr @Alondra Nelson is going to be the

Job losses in the underpaid leisure and hospitality sector in the US are again so severe that they are driving average hourly earnings up. @Piper_Sandler

RT @EVE_Virt: @adam_tooze @ForeignPolicy @wonkmonk_ 1971 was such a pivotal year wasn’t it? Particularly in regards to ripple effects in ec…

The Rise and Fall and Rise (and Fall) of the U.S. Financial Empire: I did a new piece for @ForeignPolicy Thanks @wonkmonk_ for that great

RT @wonkmonk_: The Rise and Fall and Rise (and Fall) of the U.S. Financial Empire: @adam_tooze foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/ris… The dollar is dead.…

“We do not . . . set a level of quantitative easing and asset purchases in any way related to what the government is going to borrow.” Andrew Bailey

RT @MadameGilflurt: You want sleeves? She’s got sleeves for days! Pingat, c.1885-1890. #frockingFabulous https://t.co/sQtVOkbLNc

RT @DaveKeating: North Rhine-Westphalia Premier Armin Laschet has won the election to become head of the CDU, making him the most likely su…

RT @BeschlossDC: Restore Jimmy Carter’s solar panels to roof of West Wing.

Italy boasts three-times the vaccination rate of France and a 60% greater rate than Germany (though German data is one day behind). twitter.com/MSchularick/st…

EU/ECB’s lowflation problem is far worse than that of the US/Fed. BUT even US bond markets have never worried about more than 2.5% inflation in

2020 left the metabolism of global trade in complete chaos. Surge in Chinese exports -> remarkable spike in container shipping prices. @JeffWeniger @SoberLook https://t.co/kqvFYO2jSd

China’s share of German exports surged from 1 to almost 8 percent over last 25 years = critical factor in Berlin’s China policy. @FT via

You have to focus on America’s non-petroleum trade balance to see the true scale of the current deficit. @SoberLook https://t.co/RA4FbxGqvs

330 million Americans 40 million firearms background checks in 2020 @jeffsparshott via @SoberLook https://t.co/laFXatMqWH

Never, in the last decade, has there been more money riding on a declining dollar. @ISABELNET_SA via @SoberLook https://t.co/xI9kKfl33k

The discrepancy in belief in science btw left and right wing of politics across much of the world is extraordinarily pronounced and very consequential! @DeutscheBank

UK is dealing with Brexit shambles, a raging pandemic, government deficit blown out … and, nevertheless, all the best research tells you that UK gilts

India’s 7.7% GDP contraction is the worst since independence. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/7OiLhqjMOj

Expected revenues from rollout of Covid vaccines run into tens of billions of dollars. wsj.com/graphics/covid… https://t.co/L8eCNeQntb

RT @alfie_stirling: NEW @ONS GDP data for November out today, so have updated that chart again. Important to remember just how unprecedent…

RT @Public_Citizen: This is unreal. Strictly forbidden from using any of the half-dozen bathrooms inside Jared and Ivanka's house, the Sec…

RT @TheStalwart: Here's a wild thing that @WillyShih_atHBS talked about on our latest episode about chips. The insane yield math of semico…

Price of UK fish for export (most of it is) plunges by as much as 80% as it is unclear whether it can clear Brexit