ADAM TOOZE

In 2017 52% of cars in the US were bought by people over the age of 55, compared to 31% in 2007. @StatistaCharts vi… https://t.co/2EMZ97yvnf

Chinese arrivals usually account for 70 per cent of visitors to Hong Kong, but their numbers fell by 29 per cent ov… https://t.co/HFNSJNe3zn

What do Dijbouti, Niger, Republic of Congo , Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Cambodia, Maldives have in common? They all owe Chin… https://t.co/q46PQDGAeS

“The party in the first part …” The Sanity clause scene from A Night at the Opera. Once you’ve seen it, signing a… https://t.co/RMMwuyDDkN

Repatriating banks: “it’s not a matter of ideology, it’s a matter of prudent macro-policy to have ownership structu… https://t.co/fz41F3yQn7

@erikbryn my response precisely!

The US is the only advanced economy in which maternal death rates are rising. US death rates are now higher than th… https://t.co/6BI459LrWm

7 things EU should do to meet China challenge by @MESandbu Match BRI Outbid 17+1 with money Devise model beyond ac… https://t.co/Jo9ANlFpk8

Maternal deaths: Since 1990 the number of pregnancy related deaths per 100k live births has RISEN from 7 to 17. WHY… https://t.co/RrrS1ZAQnO

European historiorgraphy of the 1870-1914 period focuses far too much on the “rise of imperial Germany”. In fact th… https://t.co/Bf7K24kitK

Whereas food makes up a small portion of cost of living in AE, in Ethiopia, Nigeria, India, Egypt, Thailand, Kenya… https://t.co/4LHTaGxEh8

Is Florida the place where Republican blockade on climate change breaks? Even Ron DeSantis, Florida’s Trump-loving… https://t.co/iRBDGRE503

Energy crisis, 1973, newsweek cover. Makes sense … But NB it is from January 1973 not October! There was a crisis b… https://t.co/dQGSs1zBHi

Are we due a bear cycle on the dollar? Were we to see a drop in the dollar in next year or two, we all

US bank claims on foreign borrowing has plateaued since 2009, but borrowing through capital markets has surged.… https://t.co/4rax1kAr9l

"Audi has said it will cut up to 9,500 jobs at its German production sites over the next five years, in a move that… https://t.co/pnqQvdQuIS

Slovakia is the most automotive-dependent economy in Europe. more than twice Germany’s level of dependence and five… https://t.co/GEl90ZNr9n

Goldman publishes some output gaps for the EU that are broadly in line with those estimated by @RobinBrooksIIF via… https://t.co/IbA9b9Wr6e

Inventor Edward R. Armstrong with a scale model of his seadrome a floating airport platform for refueling during tr… https://t.co/VSTHajdxhP

When it opened in April 1965 the Houston Astrodome was by far the largest enclosed space ever constructed. It was f… https://t.co/DAkNrtndYU

“We need to catch up on the years in which we procrastinated. If we do not do this, the 1.5C goal will be out of

"The internal combustion engine is nearing its death. To claim otherwise is to place faith in a status quo that wil… https://t.co/GXU12nVEL5

3 banks went bust in US last month. Relax. They were City National Bank of New Jersey, Resolute Bank of Ohio & Loui… https://t.co/GKdTbjGVt8

As coal-fired power stations shut down, the US is leading the reduction in coal-generated power in 2019.… https://t.co/HTTOMx04A7

There is > $1.3tn of US auto debt outstanding, of which 4.8%, or about $62bn, is seriously delinquent, up from 3.1%… https://t.co/E1H0wjb5Rt

Should we measures age relative to DOB or likely date of death? Measured in conventional terms, societies like UK a… https://t.co/GkaIrpyRdR

As coal-fired power generation capacity continues to grow, but demand for power is squeezed by renewable expansion… https://t.co/nZ2j2Qw6lg

The age at which 15 years of expected life remain has increased dramatically since early 20th century. From 57/60 t… https://t.co/GpS9FNputw

The steady increase in women's education across the world. #GoodNewsGraphs Each dot is a country, and the y-axis… https://t.co/juZtdJQGsN

“Yield-crazed investors pile into US subprime car loans”. Well that’s not a concerning headline. @rbrtrmstrng Iinde… https://t.co/DMhNciO4Kv

"Our old world, the one that we have inhabited for the last 12,000 years, has ended, even if no newspaper has yet p… https://t.co/2601t1NDAb

Great explainer on repo market crunch in sep 2019: Fed tightening -> raised hedging costs for EU/Jp investors -> th… https://t.co/7VYE9xrb8H

Where do Americans do the most driving? Interesting trend since the 1980s is the emergence of a lot of long-distanc… https://t.co/hcMMw1Pocl

Ahead of the Sep 2019 repo crunch, 1st sign of pressure was in short-term lending market for Fed funds where rates… https://t.co/ehqIH341aG