ADAM TOOZE

With rupee slumping India’s economy is facing "triple contagion": corona, growth slowdown & financial stress follow… https://t.co/QVJKhcGLy6

Zoonoses (of which corona is a virulent example) are continually present to a greater or lesser degree. They are co… https://t.co/zXAY5cOwLd

This account of South Korea’s targeted approach to corona containment makes interesting comparisons with Italy’s bl… https://t.co/LVIuRYxcKA

"As human societies have developed, pathogens from animal hosts have continued to spill over into our population” T… https://t.co/8xBYsOsMPb

Remember, remember … the H1N1 swine flu of 2009. It killed 12469 in US & 151,700-575,400 worldwide. @foxjust typica… https://t.co/Vtqpd4Rmzk

"We Knew Disease X Was Coming. It’s Here Now. We need to stop what drives mass epidemics rather than just respond t… https://t.co/NYV2mPXjSH

What is causing the weird sales in the US Treasury market? Are leveraged players under pressure? This explainer by… https://t.co/kEMM7GT1pK

This photo of Chinese police and and medical staff dealing with the Coronavirus in the Altai mountains is entirely… https://t.co/bpqXROxIgM

@Augstein @mathieuvonrohr Vielleicht sollte man konkrete Beispiele diskutieren. Hier z.B. Sued Korea verglichen mit… https://t.co/hi1LHflTKX

As far as the stock market is concerned, the world’s publicly quoted companies are worth no more now than they were… https://t.co/WzHAnHsZBB

"It is in the euro zone that this year’s shocks have move furthest toward creating a true financial crisis. Euro-zo… https://t.co/VyXeh4TsSV

#OnThisDay 100 years ago, the Freikorps "Marinebrigade Ehrhardt" occupies the government quarter in Berlin and a ne… https://t.co/wdzXm5d9yL

I spent my whole childhood preparing for this USSR-style deficit madness. If you've got newspapers, you've got toil… https://t.co/nUfheYboZi

Cyclically adjusted price-earnings, or CAPE, multiples kept by Robert Shiller of Yale University suggests US market… https://t.co/PB5BTUTKlR

As vol in Treasury market surges leveraged relative value traders have been hit. They buy cash Treasuries and sell… https://t.co/QtBye320T5

Should we be worried when Mario Centeno, Portugal’s Finance Minister and Eurogroup President is quoting… https://t.co/zaX9leh34K

‘The huge Thursday sell-off came amid an industry still centered on NYC on a day when New Yorkers learned that Broa… https://t.co/eVY3z7ZV4j

Big mystery of recent market selloff is why Treasury yields recovered so sharply at same time. A big player must be… https://t.co/XzA2JaFUbR

The S&P 500 began in 1926, 94 years of history. Today was the fifth biggest one day plunge all-time. Monday was #… https://t.co/RnYlMf3S7n

Bloomberg's US financial conditions index has been running since 1990, and has never been this low as it is now, ou… https://t.co/x72hWssThT

"But if something as foreseeable as a flu season — albeit one that is pretty severe — is stretching health care to… https://t.co/mzzbEm5asu

Lagarde screwed up yesterday. No doubt she was anxious about the Bundesbank reaction. But this thread is essential… https://t.co/pXD88gwkXA

"swine flu, may prove that WHO/CDC version of pandemic preparedness—w/o massive inv in surveillance, scientific &… https://t.co/t4ond05D3i

"capitalist globalization now appears to be biologically unsustainable in the absence of a truly international publ… https://t.co/6XOO98U3y4

"one of its first victims has been the consoling faith, long preached in the pews of the WH), that pandemics can be… https://t.co/wka8iq6xOI

An outbreak of coronavirus inside the walls of a U.S. prison or jail could "wreak havoc," health experts say. "A… https://t.co/oozYl05w4J

The impact of corona on NYC street life is minimal … so far. Compared to Rome or Hong Kong. More great numbers fro… https://t.co/xQEZcey8gp

When swine flu hit Mexico in 2009, CDC did not learn about the outbreak until six days after the Mexican government… https://t.co/K6hbM9ICNv

4. Again, the NY Fed isn't giving $1.5 trillion to anyone. It is lending money overnight, collateralised by governm… https://t.co/bhbhDdf9zQ

Workers in Italy striking in support of demand to close luxury clothing production as inessential and a public heal… https://t.co/bEWWiagHnb

"swine flu, may prove that WHO/CDC version of pandemic preparedness—w/o massive inv in surveillance, scientific &… https://t.co/L6KXveZqNY

This tweet is still up. https://t.co/M6Rf13FTwI

What policy will provide relief to: a. A waiter who is losing most of his tips b. A Lyft driver who is losing many… https://t.co/wi1TuVOWpR

Washington Post’s West Africa bureau chief 👇🏼 Senegal is testing people and giving results within 4 hours. Seneg… https://t.co/sibAeFziws

A couple of key takeaways from our analysis of early COVID-19 dynamics in Wuhan: 1. We estimated that the control… https://t.co/hjozJfOrWv