ADAM TOOZE

Germany has in common with the Indian states Vanuatu, Pradesh & Uttar as well as Nepal, Myanmar, Burundi, Bhutan, A… https://t.co/Sb5IkmPO35

A grotesque image if there ever was one …. https://t.co/eo1JASbrJg

"among American children whose mothers had lower levels of education, the share of those living with a married pare… https://t.co/3G6MM00Hls

Whether you use relative or absolute poverty measures, the US has some of the highest rate in the anglophone world.… https://t.co/tFCCPO9AX4

In the last twenty years the size of new American single-family homes has risen dramatically. More than 80 % are no… https://t.co/M5noteLrHZ

70 % of kids born to parents in US who did not finish highschool live in poverty or near poverty. Data from… https://t.co/2t1hhhNZ9c

The service sector of the US is far larger than manuf & it is sliding perilously close to the 50-line of the PMI in… https://t.co/UaE4A6px8W

@adam_tooze @PantheonMacro @SoberLook Considering ‘services’ are a much larger % of economy than mfg – yes, bad. W… https://t.co/PfZc3XgaOU

Half of black children and more than half of hispanic kids in US live in poverty or near poverty v. 23 % of white.… https://t.co/QBgF9AFhkV

With manufacturing on the slide, how robust is the US service sector? ISM non-manuf index is now looking bad.… https://t.co/Li67GJFwCL

A lot of interesting points being made here in response to data on US minimum wages in @TheEconomist Would be great… https://t.co/TGUgZDtJ2G

Fed funds was once the driving force of cash markets -> appropriate target for Fed policy. Now it is a back-seat pa… https://t.co/PybhrCY4yE

It was the person on the budget flight, bound for a cheap rental, via a bargain ride, who was the largest relative… https://t.co/QB8qexqyBK

@FADCLDN @OurWorldInData @SoberLook as i say it is a coincidence

Has anyone written in an interesting fashion about the coincidence of the takeoff of Facebook with the 2008 crisis?… https://t.co/oWHYVVd4jJ

The @EIAgov forecast of global electricity production implies a shift to renewables by 2050 but no decarbonization.… https://t.co/5i2ALuZNxP

Despite talk of lost decades, Japan Inc has seen remarkable growth in profitability since the early 2000s.… https://t.co/HcW2SvWLqP

In relation to the national median wage, the US minimum wage is one of the lowest amongst advanced economy.… https://t.co/EFBuTXE23R

Chinese manufacturing is stabilizing but, according to PMI, at a low ebb -> sending shockwaves around the global ec… https://t.co/zRaQtxVVPW

The work by @Brad_Setser is simply essential to understanding not just the flows in the global economy but how it i… https://t.co/qrx4KcqTOQ

And figuring out who has helped the lifers meet that need can help explain — perhaps — why Taiwan's dollar has re… https://t.co/CP1edZHFU1

Some of the resulting fx exposure is naturally hedged with domestic fx policies. Some of the fx exposure isn't h… https://t.co/XphxfvkFdR

The total sum that Taiwan's lifers have invested abroad — counting the exposure obtained through domestic ETFs tha… https://t.co/0hsEMj3vLE

Since 2014 Poland has ramped up a really large seasonal worker program, running to more than half a million workers… https://t.co/TFJbWRu7zk

Poland ahs the largest temporary worker program in the world according to @OECDeconomy statistics.… https://t.co/TGSbB4WC4i

Tax Inspectors Without Borders is one of my favorite @OECDeconomy initiatives. Have raised almost $480m in extra re… https://t.co/gGNOCzyKeG

South Korea’s rate of University enrollment for 25-34 year olds is TWICE that of Germany. @OECDeconomy… https://t.co/gtrdUUkZpz

What if the Eurozone in 2014-5 had pursued an expansionary policy based on mix QE & public investment fully paid fo… https://t.co/g5qAsXOHjh