ADAM TOOZE

Conditions such as HIV, diarrhea & malaria have seen precipitous declines south of the Sahara but diseases of the n… https://t.co/BSPViqnvYA

Nearly three-quarters of all deaths from infectious disease in 2016 happened in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and… https://t.co/Sc6byeH5QP

Grand coalition meets for seven hours and agrees “stimulus package”: 0.1% of GDP starting in 2021. Germany still ta… https://t.co/QbLd63dzk1

In 1985 when Saudi last unleashed an oil price shock like the one we are feeling today, Algeria was a prominent cas… https://t.co/sYlEtXgYJH

Bloomberg's broad commodity index hit the lowest level since 1986. @SoberLook This is going to be bad for a whole r… https://t.co/jNkUdrR26n

When oil prices fall the entire energy sector gets hit. US natural gas prices have fallen to multi-decade lows.… https://t.co/faRg7d1J4s

10 years on from the 1st intensification of the Eurozone crisis I reviewed the rather remarkable vade mecum by Marc… https://t.co/Bqcr4cdeW6

As the oil price war begins, the ruble along with other oil producer currencies has plunged. @SoberLook This create… https://t.co/xS2Ya4dR2v

Quelle est la réponse à donner aux chocs macroéconomiques du Coronavirus ? Avec le GC nous publions aujourd'hui un… https://t.co/2qjuunZLOI

For COP26 & global climate politics much depends on Sino-EU summitry this year. For a while Chinese officials cause… https://t.co/ygpcWQ0BtN

With all oil producers under pressure, the winners and losers in the oil price war are likely to be decided by capi… https://t.co/mpnrLPddGs

There’s a strong correlation across East Asia & Pacific region between human capital and productivity growth. Vietn… https://t.co/A3XN1d1Syo

Saudi’s prod costs at $2.80 per barrel are lowest in the oil business but what matters more is fact that KSA needs… https://t.co/Bxqz6LCFDf

Why does US health care cost so much more without delivering better results? Admin is part of the issue. So are pha… https://t.co/3KPiJTVsyv

Remarkably Russia currently matches Saudi not only in oil production but in net exports, despite the far larger siz… https://t.co/sEFU94QhV5

Anyone who can map "the human terrain of Yemen’s battlefields” is worth reading to gain a handle on this sprawling… https://t.co/OzCo7nZuAU

After the collapse of Bretton Woods in 1971 @johnauthers argues that oil pricing was orientated towards preserving… https://t.co/ZWG8DLU4Oe

A very neat craft-produced Anti Materiel rifle on sale in #Iraq. Clearly AM-50 inspired with a HMG barrel. https://t.co/uUJIikRwFF

As oil drops 30% to $31/barre in one of biggest drops in history, Bob McNally of Rapidan comments:“It is very rare… https://t.co/c3nQ6mDtCH

This kind of report from the money markets means that we are moving from a situation in which corona was stressing… https://t.co/1Gt6W44r8g

South Korea has conducted 190,000 tests thus far, capacity of 15,000 a day. "If doctors suspect a COVID-19 case, t… https://t.co/PFd4heJR7S

The African Continental Free Trade Area: Perspectives for Africa, Policy Choices for Europe by Evita Schmieg… https://t.co/GwXu0981uH

Women demonstrating against British occupation during the Egyptian Revolution of 1919. Cairo, Egypt, March 1919. Mo… https://t.co/8xxyZpxLdZ

I no longer write columns, but if I did, here's what I'd say re Russia's declaration of an oil price war (thread).

The coronavirus has an uncanny ability to highlight the inadequacy of existing social infrastructure and institutio… https://t.co/KUiCmSy2lj

@adam_tooze @MaxCRoser I believe the original version of this graph is from @_rospearce

Circuit breakers put a limit on a harrowing plunge in U.S. stock futures ahead of US market opening this morning, b… https://t.co/zk1IQHb5MC

Holding the exponential process of infection below the fixed capacity of the health care system is the essential lo… https://t.co/bEsU4wRoML

As America wakes this morning, US yields are plunging towards those of the Eurozone. @johnauthers… https://t.co/LjPIRoy5DE

For half a century Saudi & Russia/Soviet Union have struggled for dominance in global oil production.… https://t.co/uIXiXHj6zY

With a combination of a massive supply overhang and a significant demand shock at the same time, the situation we a… https://t.co/8NpScFIjiR

Somehow an armored Vespa seems like just the vehicle for this particular morning …. https://t.co/eDmPmgdakp

The depth of the panic in financial markets this am can be measured by fall in US 30-year yield, which dropped belo… https://t.co/PrUteP3D07

There's now building evidence of credit stress in markets. The Libor-OIS spread on Friday jumped to its highest lev… https://t.co/3WRqbyrZXK