ADAM TOOZE

For all my non-oil peeps, an update: A few days ago, the big OPEC/Russia meeting ended without a deal to cut prod… https://t.co/jmge3OM0Qo

If there are serious oil price falls it will be interesting to see which military interventions and strategic prior… https://t.co/8M85P84mne

While bien pensant opinion weighs carbon taxes & “greening finance”, Saudi declares oil price war, upping productio… https://t.co/mp1bDfcocy

Fascinating thread on the spreading toilet paper panic … visible in the shelves of New York as I discovered last ni… https://t.co/hg7pByM9P5

"To understand why officials in Xinjiang began building a gulag in 2016 in which they have incarcerated an estimate… https://t.co/ResC3skg3A

When China began its collaboration with France’s Framatome in 1996 just 1% of the value of its first nuclear plants… https://t.co/2AfM2bdGc9

"Geoepistemology”: China makes components for almost everything, understands how to assemble them, and is set up to… https://t.co/pvA5BZAMSI

The consumer-drone market is dominated by China because drones are basically phones with rotors & China’s Shenzhen… https://t.co/eOtDhUPF86

Of all the global car producers, GM and VW were by far the most dependent on China in 2018. Far more than their lar… https://t.co/YvXpKgkblO

Last year, emerging-market countries taking advantage of low euro i.r. sold a record €52 billion of government-back… https://t.co/S4wj8zU4ri

In 2019 China built 56 skyscrapers over 200 m in height = as many as the next 9 countries. @StatistaCharts via… https://t.co/QxXg1j3v5Z

A surge in euro-based borrowing taking advantage of low i.r. is weighing the currency down. This could make the eur… https://t.co/wA67NuJYd2

If pandemic becomes critical the # of hospital beds will matter: US 2.8 per cap China 4.3 Germany 8 S Korea 12.3 H… https://t.co/nKTWV8UGnQ

Of all the global car producers, GM and VW were by far the most dependent on China in 2018. Far more than their lar… https://t.co/fDPj4hlxgM

The Eurozone’s trade surplus since 2012 has been persistent and huge. For an economy of the EZ’s scale it is remark… https://t.co/rjdeHyxv6x

The percentage of highly educated migrants amongst the foreign-born population. Varies from 67% in Canada, 40% US,… https://t.co/YZWdBnWx75

As central banks react to climate crisis two basic approaches are emerging. What differentiates them is the questio… https://t.co/3mhAd27bBL

In the age of Trump, US consumer confidence has moved ahead of growth in actual consumption expenditure.… https://t.co/rK3lntHymF

For the @wef I've curated a public section on geo-economics around six global trends: 1) economic sanctions 2) trad… https://t.co/JbLUS2agwm

In the process of figuring out whether strategic bombing in WW2 was effective, Freeman Dyson figured out both stati… https://t.co/7tUPJta5TM

A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year, and may support more than 2,000 species… https://t.co/JhfqzLeR2a

The rise and fall of high top income tax rates. From @GRaghuramRajan review of @PikettyLeMonde latest.… https://t.co/M3RCWfSToE

@mredwards Plus if you run out of toilet paper ….

In 2019 China built 56 skyscrapers over 200 m in height = as many as the next 9 countries. @StatistaCharts via… https://t.co/LHNNwl5gjI

A surge in euro-based borrowing taking advantage of low i.r. is weighing the currency down. This could make the eur… https://t.co/qgrMab4Voi

On general hospital beds per capita US stats are worrying, but in terms of ICU beds it leads world, followed by Ger… https://t.co/jRtUOvGwpW

What is the capacity of the hospital system to cope with pandemic? On general hospital beds the US does badly. On I… https://t.co/5Lo2bv9Xuk

If pandemic becomes critical the # of hospital beds will matter: US 2.8 per cap China 4.3 Germany 8 S Korea 12.3 H… https://t.co/5BtJWpi0im

Remarkable how like other port cities New York looked in 1849! https://t.co/DggJL6GcUM

Last year, emerging-market countries taking advantage of low euro i.r. sold a record €52 billion of government-back… https://t.co/YAP7yHfUbZ

just as a comment for how old the framework for a lot of contemporary discourse is, here is a Liberal Party (UK) po… https://t.co/ESChyZxvSn

On a personal note: I think my 1998 paper warning that Japan might be a harbinger for all of us was the best thing… https://t.co/seerKN8RZH