ADAM TOOZE

This is absolutely spot on. Palin is the evolutionary link. https://t.co/f6n9IiltK7

Phase I trade “deal” btw China and US would require Beijing to be accelerating ag imports from the US. There is lit… https://t.co/uGMGfb3ON3

Turkey is prominent amongst vulnerable EM. Its reserves are falling to perilous levels. @OxfordEconomics via… https://t.co/nuWJR8ROUP

In the first four months of the year, Brazilian equity and fixed income markets have seen $44bn of outflows from in… https://t.co/fCBR7Z8oiU

"The purpose of taxation is never to raise money but to leave less in the hands of the taxpayer. The purpose of bor… https://t.co/EwQMB4AxzI

Great to see @VMRConstancio formerly deputy to Mario Draghi at ECB quoting Abba Lerner’s doctrine of functional fin… https://t.co/qJUdSuGQbx

For everyone researching and reporting on Excess Mortality. There is an additional useful source. Eurostat now pub… https://t.co/nc3EPcluCh

Here’s a color coded version for a better view of how the 1970s and 1980s were different from the other eras. # inf… https://t.co/RvnL15ljiD

The German constitutional court's ECB ruling and the 🇫🇷-🇩🇪 initiative for a #RecoveryFund present the EU with an op… https://t.co/tveBJJuBtt

Solid majorities of Europeans support the euro even in Italy. Trust in ECB offers a more mixed picture.… https://t.co/YL0fJIjxL0

@adam_tooze Locusts exploded in 2020 for the same reason E Africa had terrible flooding & Australia & Indonesia wil… https://t.co/m6clgT8qdt

The outlook for the westward migration of giant locust swarms is terrifying for sub-Saharan Africa. @umairfan… https://t.co/hzdyRjuCyS

After they transition into their gregarious phase, locusts form swarms with roughly 150m per km2 or 600,000 per acr… https://t.co/uYE5K2DOZD

Huge Locust swarms threaten the livelihoods and food supply of tens of millions of people in East Africa, Middle Ea… https://t.co/rZ0QYOPJDS

Xinhua official Chinese new agency finds way of criticizing Fed by way of Vietnam! "the Fed's move has posed spill… https://t.co/R9Axk3ehCa

Italy’s debt/GDP likely to surge to 167% 2020! Back to 156% in 2021. @ErikFossing Implications: 1. Austerity unreal… https://t.co/RQnKIdSaYQ

Italy/France/Spain set to raise record amounts of debt in 2020, rushing giant bond issues ahead of bad econ news. R… https://t.co/NhjmXSStBe

Important update on COVID-19 in west Africa from @guardiannews @ea_akin Worrying outbreaks in Northern Nigeria and… https://t.co/AMdc2shcFH

More than 43 m people in west Africa are likely to be in urgent need of food assistance in the coming months – doub… https://t.co/nuxGQSTnr6

German economic mood is bleak about current situation according to ZEW indicators but future expectations have rebo… https://t.co/mXhXjS1fWN

Lives Matter More Britons are clearest in their preference for prioritizing saving lives over avoiding a recession.… https://t.co/djS7ef63PJ

Comparison of global fiscal reaction to 2020 v. 2009. Differences? Far more for both business loans and job retent… https://t.co/slAYpleZRE

🎖️Congratulations to #ArcticConvoys veteran Dennis Edward Horsfall with receiving his medal "75th Anniversary of th… https://t.co/pUpQ0i5cL2

US freight traffic has NOT stopped but it is far below normal for this time of year. @AAR_FreightRail… https://t.co/VWR4KrSfcB

In an average week, if I read the data correctly, c. 250k containers are loaded and shipped on US railway system.… https://t.co/j0a9JlM5ok

Cars are assembled in 40 plants across the US. They are fed by thousands of suppliers. Supply chains are disrupted.… https://t.co/ymhPM3JkGI

@eurobondage @adam_tooze Or, as Yeats put it: What rough beast, its hour come round at last, is slouching toward Bethlehem to be born?

“In the circles around German Finance Minister Scholz you sometimes hear the name of the Italian Marxist Antonio Gr… https://t.co/BBmygtjaB9

"As revenue plummeted in 2007-9 recession, state and local gov payrolls across US shrank by > 500,000 over 4 years,… https://t.co/xEPnlLEJ33

The map of uneven and combined development redrawn by COVID-19. Excellent from @DibsOnGeorges https://t.co/zPbsmJcvCV

LIKE other business-cycles COVID-19 hits those with least education. UNLIKE other business-cycles COVID-19 hits wom… https://t.co/1LKqEDW8sF

German Finance Minister Scholz’s Hamiltonian moment: IN ENGLISH HERE The @DIEZEIT @schieritz interview is paywalled… https://t.co/RsnCW1M6Sx

A wonderful conversation with the brilliant @njtmulder and Mark Mazower about the COVID-19 crisis, metaphors and mo… https://t.co/GKbZrcTlZi