RT @AlanSmithee1987: @adam_tooze @daily_barbarian Pace Kracauer, Metropolis is symptomatic of Germany's failed revolution, it's about the l…
RT @vsiv: The Energy Act of 2020 is now law! And it's the first step toward tripling clean energy innovation funding to $25 billion by
I wonder whether there might be an analogy to the role played by Fritz Lang Metropolis (1927) and Chaplin’s Modern Times (1936) in their epoch.
RT @wang_seaver: …and of the top twenty, fifteen are ports in East or Southeast Asia. Also note that Shenzhen and Hong Kong basically to…
RT @PaulHRosenberg: Though, if LA & Long Beach were a single port, they'd make the top 10. twitter.com/adam_tooze/sta…
16.4, 16.3, 16.0: According to the latest ICP project data from the @WorldBank those were the global GDP shares of China, the US and EU
If the fiscal crisis in US states is turning out less bad on the income side than previously expected, this has to do with K-shaped
RT @just_KarlJ: Great listening to Jan Hatzius and his wise views! His suggestions are always valid! Godley’s sectoral balance approach | (…
RT @JMilla43874993: For those wondering how is Switzerland on the list. It is home to MSC, the world's second-largest shipping line in ter…
RT @e_sarotte: @adam_tooze Thanks! See also the English translation of Bozo… berghahnbooks.com/title/bozomitt…
Less stimulus than security checks: What Americans planned to do with stimulus checks. 50-55% used them to pay off debts/save. Crucial for well-being & sense
Of the ten largest container ports worldwide, only Rotterdam is not in Asia. @UNCTAD unctad.org/system/files/o… https://t.co/9E2vlLcQUX
The global shipping and passenger fleet is worth c. $950 bn Half of it is owned by Greece, Japan, China, US, Norway. according to @UNCTAD
Asian ports accounts for just short of 2/3 of global container traffic throughput. @UNCTAD unctad.org/system/files/o… https://t.co/55oIxh4LlT
RT @Antcon7062: Son just asked me there about machines invented in Ireland. Behold The humble syringe. Hope of the world in the coming mont…
The US Federal Reserve owns 60% of inflation-protected TIPS market. @Quillintel via @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2020/12/22/the… https://t.co/r7SDyV4Fv5
Faced with surging iron ore prices, leading iron ore miners are planning to significantly expand investment in new capacity. @bcaresearch via @SoberLook https://t.co/JqrGiUMfCo
In 2000 China accounted for less than 15% of global iron ore imports. Today its share is 70%! @bcaresearch via @SoberLook https://t.co/H0TLLCKtLu
RT @jessefelder: 'The worst case scenario would be underpinned by the idea that China’s leaders have grown frustrated with the swagger of t…
@RobinBrooksIIF @econchart Hi Robin, Im loving your 2020/end-of-decade tweets, but for this one. Its classic, early-2000s Nachhaltigkeits-discourse. Indeed I suspect you may be paraphrasing Merkel.
RT @CLMannEcon: High gds import-intensity folks are not savers (or spenders) now, are unemployed/cash constrained. High services-intensity…
Mexico’s Pemex with $105bn in debt is the world’s largest fallen angel. Its fate depends critically on the credit rating of the Mexican government, which
RT @RobinBrooksIIF: China is so big that it skews the global capital flows picture. If you include China in global flows to EM, there were…
As EM fx-denominated sovereign debt has doubled btw 2013 and 2020 the share of euro-denominated debt has recovered to c. 20%. @OxfordEconomics via @SoberLook https://t.co/CfJJDfT3QL
Even before corona hit, 2010-2020 had been a miserable decade for Argentina and Brazil, despite record capital flows to EM. And these are GDP not
The damage done by Australia’s 2019-20 wildfires was unprecedented. @VisualCap via @SoberLook https://t.co/N96QhPpe3U
Mexican government is commonly criticized for failing to do a significant fiscal stimulus in response to corona crisis. But as @RobinBrooksIIF points out, it benefited
This sectoral balance analysis for US by @RobinBrooksIIF is highly illuminating: Unlike in 2008, in 2020 there is no shock to corporate balance sheet ->
RT @ojblanchard1: This thread seems very important (conditional on the new virus strain being 60% more infectious, for which, as I understa…
RT @tomaspueyo: The new virus strain is ~60% more infectious. We haven’t processed what that means.🧵 1. Western countries that didn’t stop…
The REACT-EU package will come into effect in 2021 giving support to EU periphery. @Barclays via @SoberLook BUT national corona measures will roll off. @TS_Lombard
RT @AdamJKucharski: Why a SARS-CoV-2 variant that's 50% more transmissible would in general be a much bigger problem than a variant that's…
RT @Ole_Funke: Nachhilfe für die Hobbyhistoriker unter den Ökonomen (👋nach München): twitter.com/adam_tooze/sta…
RT @HansHuett: @TiniDo Ich hätte mich besser fürs Entsäbeln entscheiden sollen. #désabrer
Ethiopia’s external account makes for fascinating reading! Coffee, flowers, chat are main export items. Huge trade deficit covered by variety of capital inflows. @CepheusCapital cepheuscapital.com/wp-content/upl…
RT @MichaelShurkin: @adam_tooze @cchukudebelu Operational in this case means deployed, usually as part of a named operation. There are far…
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