ADAM TOOZE

Look up historicism on Wikipedia & they show you Thomas Cole The Architect’s Dream (1840) Couldn’t help thinking of… https://t.co/0ftbmv8RhM

Cinematic historicism: 2000 was the moment that “franchises, shared universes, prequels, sequels, remakes, reboot a… https://t.co/uKRY2lgEfL

US campaign v. Huawei is backfiring in tech standard-setting. US firms have reduced participation in discussions on… https://t.co/K64aHqcOzd

@jomophil @adam_tooze The modern warship is not only a product, but at the same time a specimen of modern large-sca… https://t.co/kwxqEug6Gr

Filipino-American soldiers crossing Pasig River during the battle for the liberation of Manila in 1945 against mode… https://t.co/zvnZrR8S54

Rainer Zitelmann’s trajectory from iconoclastic 1980s biographer of Hitler (as modernizing revolutionary) to defend… https://t.co/0OuycOtsdL

Equity markets in US right now are being moved by “euphoric” retail investors. So far this has been self-fulfilling… https://t.co/a4i3qnl0gX

Bailouts not the only way to socialize losses! "Democratizing finance is great in principle; tends to work the opp… https://t.co/jzbiixWfu7

The King (Warren Buffett aka McDonalds-chomping “Sage of Omaha") is Dead, long live the new King (Barstoll Sports’… https://t.co/NxOG79G6Vw

To gauge the mood in the US right now you have to reckon with both the huge surge in optimism amongst "Robinhood" a… https://t.co/NWq85SBjb9

Asian Safe Haven: In April, foreign currency deposits at Singapore’s banks jumped almost fourfold to S$27bn year-on… https://t.co/x0e1yfNesw

@RCrowcroft @Noahpinion Wanderers amongst the ruins of a thrice-fallen empire (Japan, US, Rome, …

1945. Sure … But hang on that doesn’t look like Berlin. And those aren’t Red Army soldiers. American soldiers of “F… https://t.co/iXKU5K9z7h

How EM have taken to doing their own QE. By @colbyLsmith https://t.co/wxY8Y8I1BE “No ideology” “good intentions”… https://t.co/Q3n667afzR

EM Sovereign bonds have bounced back from March COVID-19 shock sustained by spillover from massive Fed QE. Opened d… https://t.co/mxSTeLrTb8

Young people are amongst the main losers in the COVID-19 shock. Unemployment rates have surged for those under 25.… https://t.co/xxlBLifFJi

Uncoupling? Australian state of Victoria has signed up to China’s BRI regardless of protests from federal governmen… https://t.co/s0bb9TffPP

Uncoupling? UK chipmaker ARM, which has agreed to comply with US sanctions v. Huawei, is struggling to control loca… https://t.co/4CORjKbcJl

Since start of 2020, municipal governments in Beijing, Shanghai and > dozen other localities have pledged $935 bn t… https://t.co/2P9MMrdKjx

China hopes to triple number of 5G base stations to 600,000 by the end of 2020. By comparison in 2019, Bernstein Re… https://t.co/x1zmxxzORm

Uncoupling? Monash Univ in Australian state of Victoria, which has signed on to China’s BRI, is working with China’… https://t.co/GmJf7zJX5d

Public procurement documents show China making a huge investment in building up its COVID testing capacity, current… https://t.co/LCUWU09cB0

Students at Harbin Institute of Technology and Harbin Engineering University recently discovered that they can no l… https://t.co/kr7XZrZJ5p

One of President Xi’s top priority is the abolition of poverty in China. It helps if you set poverty bar as low as… https://t.co/qjPzjXVxXk

Rich Chinese are getting their kids into highly selective Elite Unis in China by buying overseas passports and appl… https://t.co/OPbNOHcu6P

China hopes to triple number of 5G base stations to 600,000 by the end of 2020. By comparison in 2019, Bernstein Re… https://t.co/I3OYSaMKbl

Since start of 2020, municipal governments in Beijing, Shanghai and > dozen other localities have pledged $935 bn t… https://t.co/STGgJQXlCM

Public procurement documents show China making a huge investment in building up its COVID testing capacity, current… https://t.co/VvwDRma8j7

One of President Xi’s top priority is the abolition of poverty in China. It helps if you set poverty bar as low as… https://t.co/b0rGKXwS04

Uncoupling? Australian state of Victoria has signed up to China’s BRI regardless of protests from federal governmen… https://t.co/VKVSlhvnvV

Uncoupling? UK chipmaker ARM, which has agreed to comply with US sanctions v. Huawei, is struggling to control loca… https://t.co/M33V7ScTOe

Uncoupling? Monash Univ in Australian state of Victoria, which has signed on to China’s BRI, is working with China’… https://t.co/eHY1WUaxcQ

Students at Harbin Institute of Technology and Harbin Engineering University recently discovered that they can no l… https://t.co/VujwM0B2ry

@BuddyYakov @Birdyword @Brad_Setser Would be great to have @Brad_Setser chime on this. My reading of Brad was that… https://t.co/OlQt66zKTC

Rich Chinese are getting their kids into highly selective Elite Unis in China by buying overseas passports and appl… https://t.co/NnDPJNnm1D

@katiecannon2 @PRoufos @Cominsitu Follow their gaze. Stare into their eyes …. 😉 what are they thinking when they stare back at us?