RT @mehnazmeh: Address is the Halal Restaurant, 2 St Mark Street, London E1 8DJ. Open 7 days a week since 1939. And is part of
RT @mehnazmeh: Hey twitter! Not one to do this, but my dad owns the oldest Indian restaurant in East London and has been struggling with
And, for the segment of fin twitter that on this rare occasion may find the brilliant @AtifRMian harder to follow than usual, what you see
Amid pandemics and protests, is Britain facing its worst economy since the Great Frost of 1709? This piece by @mradamtaylor in @washingtonpost From back in
Discussion with Kaiser and Jeremy of the SupChina podcast about the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the U.S. and China, and how it has
Worst recession in the UK since 1710 you say. So what happened in 1710? Great Frost of 1709. Picturesque but catastrophic -> harvest failure and
Big Men on Big Horses: Napoleon revived French armored cavalry cuirassiers as shock troops. On 6 August 1870 at battle of Reichshoffen they made one
Today is the birthday of Alexander Fleming who discovered penicillin. Man, do we need his spirit now! twitter.com/EsatogluR/stat…
Battle of Reichshoffen 6 Aug 1870: overwhelming Prussian numbers inflict bloody defeat on French. At 1 pm French cuirassiers make a heroic charge to cover
Euro area consumption figures are suggesting a pretty remarkable rebound in June. Will it be sustained? @EU_Eurostat via @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2020/08/06/inf… https://t.co/S2qPV8kQya
@LetterstoaN @DeutscheBank @SoberLook Spelling out the significance of the 1920-21 deflationary shock as a global event was one of the main points of my book
@LetterstoaN @DeutscheBank @SoberLook Its one of the most understudied events in modern British history. This by Solomos Solomou is an excellent primer: amazon.com/Themes-Macroec…
COVID mortality in UK by age. This disease poses some pretty agonizing questions of intergenerational equity. And before you say it. Yes: 1. Young people
@LetterstoaN @DeutscheBank @SoberLook They do. But I think in this case we are looking for 12 month shocks.
The UK recession in 2020 is likely to be the worst since 1710. Thats before the industrial revolution, during the final years of the reign
Highly recommend this lucid guide to reading Sartre’s Critique. twitter.com/VersoBooks/sta…
Inflation googling is up. @DataArbor Via @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2020/08/06/inf… https://t.co/8Fr4h28wI2
Gold prices, TIPS ETF, inflation talk, decline of $ talk – all point to persistence of conservative economic vision that is not just an ideology,
RT @MundosTrabalho: @PastPresentSoc @mark_hailwood @EMSBristol @UoBrisHistory @wryckbosch leu o artigo de @mark_hailwood e observa algo imp…
This. All Day. Every day. twitter.com/conorsen/statu…
The slowing rebound in US employment in July is particularly striking in leisure, hospitality which ought to be the big driver of the summer. @SoberLook
Economists expected to see 1.2 million jobs created in the US in July, but we got 167k -> after the historic collapse in employment the
RT @drvox: My new post: A new group called @RewiringAmerica is singing my song: Electrify Everything! It has a detailed plan to substantial…
RT @TheStalwart: If you're into central banking or Europe or anything else, on Monday's episode of the podcast we have @VMRConstancio, the…
RT @AntonJaegermm: “Tissot served as a sharpshooter in the Franco-Prussian War and sketched the body of a fallen friend with a cool focus t…
COVID-19 in an Urban World: 90% of COVID cases counted worldwide are in cities. Lockdowns and COVID-recession -> global urban crisis leaving tens of millions
World Food Programme estimates the number of acutely food-insecure people could increase by 80 % to 270 m by the end of the year in
This is the time of hunger: Stocks eaten up. Waiting for harvest to be brought in that may or may not fail. These are the
Stats for food insecurity in US right now are staggering. How, you ask, do they relate to global situation in low-income countries? @FAO State of
RT @hshierholz: DOL numbers suggest that right now, 33 million workers are either on unemployment benefits, have been approved and are wait…
Unemployment benefits are a disincentive you say? Look at the data in May and June ….think again. People are desperate to get back to their
For the 20th week in succession the US labour market disaster has continues. Week for week @hshierholz of @EconomicPolicy has been our indispensable guide through
RT @Schuldensuehner: OUCH! #Turkey’s Lira hits record low as interventions fail to stem drop. At the root of the strains are concerns about…
Peabody Energy has written $1.4bn off the value of the world’s largest coal mine: open-pit North Antelope Rochelle mine in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin accounts
RT @MaxJerneck: @adam_tooze This article shows the limits of trying to decarbonize steel (or other industries) at the consumer end through…
Stats for food insecurity in US right now are staggering. How, you ask, do they relate to global situation in low-income countries? @FAO State of
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