ADAM TOOZE

A propaganda poster from World War II shows Americans of different national origins assembling a Sherman tank with… https://t.co/AvaDnXglwT

“I don’t want to see a single war millionaire created in the USA as a result of this world disaster.” FDR In an ex… https://t.co/d7it23mM42

@KevinMKruse Thanks Kevin!

This looks like a very useful resource, and shows how much Chinese official lending to Latin America has dropped. M… https://t.co/GO51OOMXNW

ECB HAS NO PLANS TO DEPLOY OMT EMERGENCY BOND PURCHASE SCHEME TO FIGHT CORONAVIRUS CRISIS – SOURCES – RTRS ECB SE… https://t.co/thNkfh3Tne

COVID-19 shock means export volumes will collapse as global trade comes to a standstill. Some EMs are more vulnerab… https://t.co/zsr5zWpEmZ

As I look at this data it is clear that the US will likely shed roughly 7 million jobs in the April 2020 headcount.… https://t.co/Yb8SjXl26L

The @ecb published the Decision on the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) today: https://t.co/qbd79nhzTt.… https://t.co/iveYfV7elI

“Sometimes a useful thing for historians to do is to point out when something seems radically new. That is our situ… https://t.co/M0gqFmFqZY

A particularly useful article this morning on the wild variation in unemployment insurance across US states by… https://t.co/2BQa3Orran

For referece the next-highest historical figure for weekly initial jobless claims was 695,000 in 1982.

Recipiency rates: US unemp insurance is not comprehensive entitlement name might suggest. Overall <30% of jobless w… https://t.co/aIbMXpknlk

So far 5,211 medical workers in Italy have had the virus, equivalent to 8 per cent of all diagnosed cases in Italy… https://t.co/Wuu4F1GX9v

US unemp insurance is federally mandated but run by states. 2019, on average unemp received $368 per week =45% los… https://t.co/gaSrjUaFuW

"The US unemployment insurance system was designed to encourage people to look for work during a recession. It was… https://t.co/a5igcGMevt

Senator Schumer called this part of the package a “Marshall plan” for the American medical system. I had never envi… https://t.co/2MHJA6bnm6

Searching for strained historical analogies to our current situation smacks of escapism. "This isn’t 1914. It isn’… https://t.co/4LLGUPr0RT

“Challenge for the stimulus package is keeping pace with pandemic.” “Bureaucratic and distribution obstacles could… https://t.co/JfMowKuWBa

_ Please see my new @VoxEU column on the urgent need to ramp up #COVID19 testing capabilities to 1. Help maintain… https://t.co/FctZusOIhW

There is really large variation in reporting on this number. High quality sources ranging from 1.6 m to 3.5 m. Wild. https://t.co/YpzSaoMnHH

The current fiscal plan for US is c. twice as large as the stimulus triggered by the Obama administration. But 202… https://t.co/QmFgUWV2RB

@ECB really needs to fire up those printing presses if it wants to stop Eurozone money market tightening further. A… https://t.co/UqvegX0vpq

Eurozone "lacks tools to organize a fully federal response to crisis. Luckily, ECB is offering a valid alternative.… https://t.co/U2uT9bAxtJ

ECB shakes off all constraints on its 750bn euro bond buying scheme -> preparing itself to neutralize stress both i… https://t.co/T0cSirQ2LQ

“You just need to turn off the central air conditioning” – on how to adapt a modern hotel as a COVID-19 quarantine… https://t.co/MYKTEtobCP

"Unfortunately, the United States is going down the wrong path." What the US and others can learn from Italy’s bes… https://t.co/6G4aozmyR8

"There’s no playbook for this kind of crisis!” … well, now you mention it … What about the 69-page color-coded 20… https://t.co/g2DBx2Nf3a

"“Community of shared future”, more literally translated as “community of common destiny”, is China’s new foreign p… https://t.co/4TLv3N7wv9

Bravo @jamescrabtree for highlighting the urgent corona crisis in India. Now add to that the huge financial pressur… https://t.co/csmQYilxHE

The 43 economies with highest extreme poverty rate are either in Fragile & Conflict situations or in Sub-Saharan Af… https://t.co/JUo5sjpyHm

How the N95 respirator mask evolved out of a mask devised by Chinese doctor Lien-teh Wu to combat the Manchurian Pl… https://t.co/wpT2QawWLd

30% unemployment in the US by the summer?! Turns out @stlouisfed chair Bullard’s headline-making suggestion was ba… https://t.co/obLzhfUP3L

“Dysfunctionality of markets has faded, but you can’t engender a recovery with monetary & fiscal policy — that has… https://t.co/V3OJub33H1

“The world has permanently changed. The Fed is attempting to stop this repricing from going any further. They essen… https://t.co/wq93gyfFQT

PBoC weighing up cutting deposit rate for Chinese savers i.e. tightening financial repression to boost balance shee… https://t.co/JvfI9ZMFKZ