ADAM TOOZE

Compare 2008 recession with some GDP forecasts for Q2 2020! BofA: -12% Morgan Stanley: -14% Evercore: -20% Goldman:… https://t.co/GqlmXppAAK

All of these estimates for US GDP in Q2 imply a historic break. Unless we get the offset and safety net right the h… https://t.co/XIJ9GURcq2

In December Prospect magazine published a column by @peterfrankopan, who was telling how vicious and real global pa… https://t.co/cz7ICIcN8U

'How to curtail the consequences of ever increasing government debt. Here there are two models:The century of Glads… https://t.co/O2yQk0frNa

Take social distancing seriously if you care about killing people during a pandemic. According to WHO and other evi… https://t.co/cnFczl9YEs

When we are all suddenly made aware of the logistical underpinnings of our modern lives this seems like fascinating… https://t.co/eZG9s7pO4z

The “secret king” of the dollar liquidity problem @HyunSongShin with one for our lockdown reading lists. https://t.co/Oot22kMy6w

Plundering Camus @adamshatz is rocking lockdown twitter https://t.co/FW6pjMIdC2

Adam Schatz is plundering Camus and rocking lockdown twitter. https://t.co/FW6pjMIdC2

When it comes to national emergencies, Britain has a tradition of cold calculation – this typically edgy… https://t.co/wGtVoKItWV

@Volatilysmile @profplum99 quite a lot hangs on that word “supposed” 😉

Anyone invoking the Blitz as a positive example for coping with COVID-19 would be well advised to consult… https://t.co/P2cAIowB9M

The Fed finds itself on a wartime footing—open to crossing boundaries it didn't even in the 2008 crisis—to try to e… https://t.co/nACtvJeCVJ

Some US Bank Branches especially in affluent areas run low on Cash as Customers Make Big Withdrawals Whilst worryin… https://t.co/FOXfYTB7ij

Before crisis has even hit, a hospital in Georgia USA has gone through 6 months' worth of supplies in less than a w… https://t.co/E50r6o79no

“They want $7 per mask, they've got a million of them on hand. And this is a mask that would normally cost us 58 ce…

So it begins: London’s Northwick Park Hospital Declares Critical Incident as it faces an unmanageable surge in coro… https://t.co/3zI9EHJz9H

@AdamBakr @guardian Hi … thanks for responding to the piece. I don’t disagree with either of your tweeted reply and… https://t.co/HFw8swUUcc

Do not pass go … go straight to Bladerunner. California police to use Chinese-made drones to patrol coronavirus loc… https://t.co/Foe9NGIe0D

"biopower has always been with us under disguise of techno-politics of "the economy.” Corona = scrambling of correl… https://t.co/5tsC6GZoCr

Swap line system that worked so nicely in 2008 fit easily within familiar geography of North Atlantic finance. As… https://t.co/AwmaMcx6dx

Part of solving an seemingly enormous problem is breaking it down into its component parts — and the hedging need… https://t.co/5ZL69rhlpE

"When we write the history of the coronavirus recession, we’ll say the downturn started in early March.” The surge… https://t.co/NmX9ULaqZK

Totally d’accord with @Brad_Setser A global dollar shortage is a solvable problem. All the greater the responsibi… https://t.co/m9Ojh7oPU0

The old liquidity swap lines for financial crises become much more difficult to manage in a really multipolar world… https://t.co/k7wDrteHIb

Shutting down California is the US equivalent of China being forced to shut the Pearl River Delta region. How deep… https://t.co/JRnoXEIfuq

Fantastic explainer on the ECB’s operation of the swap lines from the essential @DanielaGabor https://t.co/8NBzOYxjfp

Will swap lines of 2008, crafted within North Atlantic financial system inherited from the 20th century, be adequat… https://t.co/jM1Xp9W6Si

On Wednesday 18th March markets broke all the rules: Stocks slumped again in high volatility, 10-year Treasuries su… https://t.co/jNTAe8tYea

On a frivolous note: top tip for the lockdown. Invest in loungewear! Im reveling in this vintage Cary Grant-style d… https://t.co/HkVIhU8lHM

Amongst the weird knock-on from the corona shutdowns: Fewer goods were shipped out of Asia last month, and now ther… https://t.co/F8BSAmuwm9

This is an excellent @business explainer on cross-currency basis swaps. Masaki Kondo @xieyebloomberg… https://t.co/CNgk3CNz9J

If you wonder what will happen to unemployment in the next few weeks, just look at the most common jobs in the Unit… https://t.co/7DVT2LlGX0

Didnt know the great @akapczynski was on twitter. One of founders of “law and political economy movement”. Most fol… https://t.co/yG6m6TifhT