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The “great compression” of New Deal era and high point of US labour union power coincided with an era in which shar… https://t.co/IweAwgKgZB

Immigration and Nationality Act signed into law by Pres Johnson in Oct 1965 changed the face of US immigration and… https://t.co/kZaJJ1WOxu

Strikingly Americans are no more negative about the UN than French or Spanish people, or Japanese. Roughly 1/3 in e… https://t.co/lzhdkofSHa

27 percent of American adults have not read all or part of a book in the last 12 months. Here is how that demograph… https://t.co/trdoqHmZi6

Africa is projected to overtake Asia in births by 2060. Half of babies born worldwide are expected to be born in Af… https://t.co/jmFgHJcaix

Nigeria is expected to have 864 million births between 2020 and 2100, the most of any African country. The number o… https://t.co/TQhjpmYPgs

IMF recommends easing the requirements on Greek primary surplus to support economic recovery v. Commission that ins… https://t.co/jmcEgCbjfs

Even with a 10% wealth tax applied from 1982 all the leading billionaires of the US would still have emerged as bil… https://t.co/Fqh8U9rF5y

After shrinking its balance sheet, the Fed has now had to introduce support for the repo market that has turned the… https://t.co/AOy83ohqDJ

The financial flows on Argentina’s balance of payments show a catastrophic shift since the summer of 2018. Data fro… https://t.co/4udwuRgZO7

Saudi Arabia has become more entwined with the global financial system in recent years, but the dependence of Saudi… https://t.co/aDpfEo6zXT

“Does the ECB have a German problem, or does Germany have a problem with the ECB?” @Economist_Kat cited by… https://t.co/wzEUzGM6bI

“Don’t worry,” Dutch central bank boss Klaas Knot shot back, according to several people present that day, “I will… https://t.co/UhfFhJTmi5

Despite the excitement about “green finance” there is no step up in renewable investment. @TheEconomist via… https://t.co/PkN9vgOiY8

With Germany’s manufacturing PMI index plunging, employment in manuf will surely soon follow. @PantheonMacro via… https://t.co/GdxdyPtoPk

@CanselK @MunibAgha Und dieser Aufsatz koennte von Interesse sein – zum Thema Zentralbanken und Green New Deal https://t.co/obcQtTfvK9

@SDullien @SZ @CerstinGammelin @Isabel_Schnabel @GFelbermayr @FuestClemens „Die Bonner Professorin hält es für erwä… https://t.co/06FQMBVVNc

The Fed can offset the impact of the trade war and resulting uncertainty, but only to a certain degree.… https://t.co/2IU8ZQ2xSi

Film director John Ford describes his experience filming the battle of Midway 4 June 1942 in a postwar oral history… https://t.co/yF9So9qlS2

On trade and tariffs there is a huge difference btw Republicans who supported Trump in 2016 and those who preferred… https://t.co/37nLVbCF44

Map shows per capita income in the provinces of The Roman Empire in 14 AD in todays international dollars. The rela… https://t.co/56lKXfbV4E

Campaign against Nonsense Output Gaps (CANOO): the European Comission (EC) this week published a great response to… https://t.co/tI65u4l2r5

Is the slide in the German economy spreading from manufacturing to the consumer sector? Retail sentiment has plunge… https://t.co/cmlhGEylri

We've had food and wine, now it's time for dessert. Here's a map of where France's most famous cheeses come from. W… https://t.co/Q65kVfTZyq

77 % of Germans polled oppose making further concessions to avoid a disorderly brexit. https://t.co/uZsUi9K3n9