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The third wave of the corona epidemic in the US reverses the pattern of the 1st wave in the spring. wsj.com/articles/new-c… https://t.co/4FVd4ba5f4

A group of rich countries has already agreed to buy roughly 600m doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech drug = 1/2 total the drugmakers can produce by

Markets are expecting close to 5% in interest rate increase in turkey. If they are disappointed, it could get ugly fast! @Barclays via @SoberLook https://t.co/9MlyCkkCOC

The mood in the Eurozone has turned gloomy, with a vengeance! No recovery now expected in Q4 2020. @SoberLook https://t.co/5PiYZ45XQy

East Asia Decouples from the United States: Trade War, COVID-19, and East Asia’s New Trade Blocs Peter A. Petri and Michael G. Plummer June 2020

EM sovereign wealth funds dwarf Western pension funds as investors in private equity. Data via @SoberLook https://t.co/akVeroVI4u

Adam Tooze Chartbook # 2 just dropped. Vaccine news, pandemic accelerating, RCEP, the prospects for Biden’s climate policy and the business of sport. adamtooze.com/2020/11/17/cha… https://t.co/upm6bWI2HP

Adam Tooze Chartbook # 2 just dropped. Vaccine news, pandemic accelerating, RCEP, the prospects for Biden’s climate policy and the business of sport. adamtooze.com/2020/11/17/cha… https://t.co/xJ2CMX3E9T

"A third of the cargo miles hauled by shippers comes from moving fossil fuels around the globe, and 70% of that portion is oil, BNEF

Why does reading so much military history have to be this way? I can see that in some sense it is an enriched, active way

Zhang Jian (1853-1926) reforming entrepreneur, educator and politician is the new model businessman for Xi Jinping in an era of national economic consolidation, dual circulation

Brilliance Auto Group Holdings, parent of BMW AG’s main Chinese joint-venture partner, is facing a potential restructuring requested by one of its creditors, as the

"A critical part of environmental politics is what philosopher Charles Taylor calls an ethics of articulacy—the work of saying what we mean, finding words for

RT @LuizTambosi: @adam_tooze Vaccines by Sinovac and Sinopharm are also expected to arrive soon.

Update on the vaccine timeline. Three vaccines could be being distributed by January. @Barclays via @SoberLook https://t.co/N6ZXDerNhN

Podesta as possible climate Tsar? GOP Senate. Not $2trn “They’ll be able to get half of that . . . They’ll have to pick their shots in the Congress,”

In 2018 the audit rate for wealthiest Americans was less than a quarter of the 29.9% rate in 2011. Funding the IRS properly could generate

"Global M&A recovers on vaccine hopes and US political stability Companies announce $40bn of deals in one day as executives put cheap debt and cash

@MuellerTadzio @christophbals @P_Graichen @Luisamneubauer @Germanwatch @zeitonline @tagesschau Fuer das was von Biden wirklich zum Klima zu erwarten ist, ist dieses interview der FT mit Podesta

Wie weiter am Ende des amerikanischen Jahrhunderts? Europa und die Welt am Scheideweg zweier Epochen. Das Gespräch mit Schäuble online. In der 56-7 Minute lehnt

“Beijing feels tactics by ecommerce companies are not leading to healthy development of retail industry. They don’t want 3 or 4 companies [dominating], they want

RT @NewsdAnciennes: À la Normandy Beach Race les engins s'affrontaient sur les runs pour le bonheur du public… et des copains des proprié…

European business activity is plunging as new round lockdowns loom. @business via @SoberLook https://t.co/c50KxgHTPc

Spat? When EU issue is escalated back to Merkel’s level you know it is serious, not a spat! This is now stage we have reached

"In key swing states Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia, Biden/Harris gained a net 355,210 votes in suburban areas, more than double his gains in large

July compromise that wasn’t! Hungary & Poland blocked EU’s €1.8tn budget & recovery package as negotiated with Euro Parl. Object to rule of law provisions

The global death rate from COVD-19 is now substantially above previous peak. The swing variable is Europe. There may be a US surge on the

RT @CoalFreeDave: Coal plants are running so little, that it's likely Europe's coal fleet will run for less of the time this year than its…

@DominikLeusder @davidrkadler At what point do you date cultural hegemony? Around WWI? 1920s?

Clothing might seem like a “light” industry. But its environmental impact is considerable: 2106 m tons CO2 in 2018 from production, distribution and end use

@evalencia100 Next stage.

“Nothing can be sole or whole / That has not been rent.” W. B. Yeats Another lovely find in @JedediahSPurdy stirring and beautifully written, After

@sdonnan Awww @sdonnan That is lovely of you say! Have no fear … this is more like a higher form of twitter consciousness! Every few

RT @zeithistoriker: “All imaginable options end in the logic of triage, whether we admit it or not.” – Hans Magnus Enzensberger, 1994

@krishkhubchand @SoberLook Thats a great question. I will give it a think ….