ADAM TOOZE

RT @auralflaneur: This is very good: sharp, reflective, and clear-headed analysis with an equally clear commitment to anti-racism https://t…

Since this is 2020, it took me several seconds to realize that this alarming report from Georgia is not about the USA. twitter.com/Tom_deWaal/sta…

American’s with good credit scores are refinancing their mortgages en masse. @SoberLook https://t.co/l5mLpEado9

"For 1st time, in 60% of global economy — including 97 % of advanced economies — central banks have pushed policy interest rates below 1

RT @jfgonzalema: elpais_america: Tribuna | "Estados Unidos puede protegerse contra las turbulencias, pero hacerlo contra una gran recesión…

“la economia politica de trump” A piece in @el_pais this morning on political economic scenarios for tomorrow. elpais.com/opinion/2020-1…

RT @carlosurriza: Muy interesante análisis de ⁦@adam_tooze⁩ sobre las elecciones norteamericanas elpais.com/opinion/2020-1…

"Leaders Who Lust, by Barbara Kellerman and Todd Pittinsky” ft.com/content/387bdf… https://t.co/FI3N1q790Y

$412bn California Public Employees’ Retirement System is only US pension plan to sign UN-backed Net-0 Asset Owner Alliance, a coalition of 30 world’s largest asset

Just 17 % of North American pensions funds aim to reach net zero by 2050 while a further 8 per cent expect to reach that

"Total control over growing environment is one of vertical farming’s big selling points, ensuring reliable, high-quality crops. A reduction in “food miles” gives consumers access

Designate seafarers as key workers now! “On high seas, a hidden humanitarian crisis is gripping freight ships. Lockdown measures have left as many as 400k

Agritech hype: Vertical farming occupies the equivalent of 30 hectares of land worldwide, compared with outdoor cultivation of about 50m ha and 500,000 ha for

In their day Obama, JFK, Woodrow Wilson all triggered widespread liberal enthusiasm around the world. Who post-Trump could stir a similar enthusiasm … ? AOC?

"according to calculations by Citigroup, ECB purchases will more than cover EU area gov borrowing in 2021 — even if the central bank does not

The Her.Tietz Initiative calls on the @thehertieschool and the Hertie Foundation to begin an active and open engagement with the Nazi Aryanization that defined their

“I have a hard time thinking a communist will win in Chile” – after the left win in Ecuador and Argentina, there is talk of

Macroeconomics trumps geopolitics: China’s share of Australia’s exports surged above 41 % in 6 months to August. Australia is 5th-largest exporter to China and one

“What you’ll get with a Biden presidency is matrixed, integrated, shades-of-grey foreign policy” which may cause “whiplash” in Latin America – notably Colombia and Brazil.

Fed’s ghost programs: $600bn Main Street Lending Program has made $3.7 bn in loans $500bn Municipal bond facility has bought $1.7bn Fed set aside $750bn

In 1990s Daniel Yergin was the great master narrator of the unipolar moment: The Prize, The Commanding Heights. Where is the epic narrator of global

"Imports into China hit their highest dollar amount in Sep – $203bn – as world’s 2nd-largest economy increased purchases of iron ore, agricultural commodities and

How high can yields go? @colbyLsmith puts one of the big questions of election week. A Blue Wave would suggest big deficits and more growth

"Most of those looking to follow Mr Trump, such as Mike Pompeo, his secretary of state, or Tom Cotton, the Arkansas senator, are harder-line versions

Last week International Finance Facility for Immunisation attracted $1.5bn in bids for a $500m bond at 0.44 % to raise funds for Gavi corona vaccination

"2020: A Global Crisis Like No Other?" – Video from an excellent discussion with Mary O'Sullivan (@UNIGEnews) youtu.be/o27NrQbZQh8 via @CentreMarcBloch I took the introduction of

“Simple fact is that since 1900, $10,000 invested in DJIA only when Republicans were president would have grown to about $100,000 (4.0 % annualized) v.

“In a world where oil was the only game in town, there was a sense that things will always come back. But it isn’t the

"Moderna has received more than $1bn in deposits from Govs for its potential Covid-19 vaccine, highlighting how the pandemic has transformed the fortunes of the

"The US gerontocracy resembles the later, decrepit phase of the Soviet Union.” I did an election-eve piece for @guardian on where American democracy is now.

"Big European oil and gas companies have shed more than €360bn in market value this year while renewable energy stocks and technology companies focused on

July recovery package deal flipped narrative in the EU from euro gloom to optimism. Thing is … the deal was never actually done. Come Nov

“Instead of a Covid vaccine, a “Instead of a Covid vaccine, a lethal dose of bearish infusion is being administered to the financial and oil

RT @heimbergecon: Due to the second round of lockdowns, public debt ratios will increase even more than recent forecasts suggest. Problem i…

“We like the landscape … The problems are disguised due to various government schemes. But going into 2021 there will be a lot of pain

RT @LiorSteinberg: Rotterdam metro train went tonight through a stop block and ended up over an artwork, creating an even more interesting…