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RT @julianborger: There you have it. Trump official told CNN the goal is to "set so many fires that it will be hard for the

@AlbertReymann @niubi @laurimyllyvirta @HelenHet20 All of which would be ongoing … my point is about action points in 2020.

Chartbook # 2 Nov 18 2020 dropped today. If you would like to sign up for regular emailed newsletters in future by @adam_tooze head over

@Noahpinion This is turning into a mutual appreciation society but I really like your formulation of a "mutually beneficial detente" precisely because it implies continuity

@Noahpinion You too kind! But it really was a very interesting conversation.

@PeterFAnderson @niubi @laurimyllyvirta @HelenHet20 No … of course not. My list is of action points not persistent states of oppression. In Xinjiang the operative word

So, when do we get to declare that the EU is back in a slow-burning crisis of governance? twitter.com/MehreenKhn/sta…

@riskoffriskon @niubi @laurimyllyvirta @HelenHet20 You mean as the next agenda item? Or as accomplished fact? Surely not …

@PSodhan @niubi @laurimyllyvirta @HelenHet20 Agreed of course but it isn’t so much an action point as a continuing state of affairs. Im focused on the

2020 so far for Beijing: Virus control – tick Econ recovery – tick Hong Kong repression – tick Climate leadership – tick Dust-up with India

RT @meaganmday: People scratching their head about the composition of classes will benefit from reading Erik Olin Wright. The working class…

RT @DimitarBechev: Interwar VMRO imagery. At odds with the national narratives in both N. Macedonia and Bulgaria. https://t.co/NM2cleaJIL

@markrlowe @HelenHet20 @TPpodcast_ It really was a good chat!

@gordonschuecker @SoberLook Wow. Those are very cool. Thanks for sharing!

RT @DieterPlehwe: @adam_tooze did you see this thread on corruption involving family and friends of Orban? twitter.com/panyiszabolcs/…

Chartbook # 2 dropped. Still experimenting with the Chartbook format. Selection of graphs, charts and links from the last few days. Folks have asked for

RT @Seamus_Malek: reposting how fucking cool they made robespierre look in Napoleon (1927) https://t.co/T3gaS5reZW

RT @simontorracinta: everyone is laughing at this but here's my intellectual history question: 1979-1981 seems pretty early in the English…

RT @M_C_Klein: The soft bigotry of low expectations

@gordonschuecker @SoberLook # 2 just dropped adamtooze.com/2020/11/17/cha…

Under massive local pressure Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) withdraws financing from the 1050 MW Lamu Coal Plant in Kenya. banktrack.org/article/icbc_w… https://t.co/Evgr1L55Og

Beyondbrics? 12th Meeting of BRICS took place yesterday. Russia is the chair. Just heard about it. Has anyone read anything interesting? youtube.com/watch?v=40GaVO… https://t.co/o1tlolVwQn

Earlier in the week @gideonrachman rightly pointed out the incongruity of Biden’s aspiration for the US to “lead” on climate. The same cognitive disconnect runs

Ford in South Africa announces plans for fully renewable energy self-sufficiency. Great news but a dire threat to ESKOM which may find itself facing a

RT @samuelmoyn: Lovely: the brilliant @dimmerwahr breaks into the @NewYorker, referencing @stephenwertheim's new account of the rise of Ame…

In 2018 Hungary received 5 % of GDP in EU funding, Poland 3.4%. EU parliament wants to impose rule of law conditionality in new budget.

Venezuelan oil could become world’s biggest stranded asset. Opposition stakes vision of economic reconstruction on PDVSA. But "If you have the slightest concern about the

Political cost of economic growth From 1990s Ethiopia’s gov pushed a development model inspired by S Korea. But power struggle btw Tigray, Amhara, Oromo groups

The Asian RCEP is the world’s largest trade bloc. @StatistaCharts via @SoberLook https://t.co/eLzSL1JhPV

Back in 2017 Samsung’s giant smartphone factory outside Hanoi accounted for a quarter of Vietnam’s total exports! economist.com/asia/2018/04/1… https://t.co/mGVzDzeoUA

RT @olgatuleninova: Edward Okun (Polish painter of Mloda Polska (Polish Art Nouveau) movement) 'Nous et la guerre' oil on canvas, 1923 http…

NEWSFLASH: Dropped chartbook # 2 this morning. Pandemic dynamics. Vaccine rotation. Energy investment & garment sector carbon load. All part of the mix adamtooze.com/2020/11/17/cha… https://t.co/btsfdN7axg

The impact of corona crisis on student performance varies sharply by income class in the US. ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date… https://t.co/9FIb4UXtRh

Nowhere in the world has been worse affected by the corona crisis than Peru and its capital Lima. Unemployment surging. @SoberLook https://t.co/TqBtTtL5ql