ADAM TOOZE

Wow Starbucks, what a great gig. Starbucks has ~$1.6 billion in 'stored value card liabilities' i.e. the Starbuck… https://t.co/4gngTGc3kL

Not just a Trump-thing: There is an unmistakeable downward trend in growth of world trade, from great chart book by… https://t.co/NG2wEgr9Ug

"They have their own trucks now, they have their own planes, and the writing’s on the wall.” Parcel industry consul… https://t.co/tNOzN6I6fs

“hear the whistle of a Spartan fife” – or dog-whistle more like? Fascinating piece by @MykeCole in @newrepublic on… https://t.co/gmsu8hmaSK

87% of American economists polled by @wsj are happy to declare that we have moved from “trade tension” or “trade co… https://t.co/u5dZ0DDWs1

Market for European CO2 emissions certificates is back. Prices are surging which creates a precautionary and specul… https://t.co/4j41UzO8F9

In a world of negative yields and record heatwaves, European Emission Trading System carbon credits are amongst the… https://t.co/sQlhhgZlQq

Perhaps dDot.com-great moderation-2008” sequence is not be a good model for thinking about the pronounced but moder… https://t.co/VH8QrRpoAN

ROLL UP ROLL UP! German gov looking for "open-minded" suggestions on future of its @commerzbank stake. Bought in 20… https://t.co/zl19Hpq0py

Bellweathers of globalization: how the Korean KOSPI 100 equity index and the BASF share price track global trade. f… https://t.co/8vmlKAB3Q3

Turkey’s economy produced its first annual current account surplus for 17 years, as imports plunged following a sev… https://t.co/KllIbRo0Eh

Today is the anniversary of the signing of the Weimar constitution in 1919. If in Berlin visit the @DHMBerlin Once… https://t.co/Tqo8R8sgCE

"It is no longer absurd to think that nominal yield on U.S. Treasury securities could go negative.” Joachim Fels MD… https://t.co/GGB2uP2Df0

@bradleyrsimpson Not so much a moonshot as an EasyJet moment. Even if it doesnt generate a viable plane, raising t… https://t.co/kdilp63inX

Taylor & Rajan make case against "ancien droits” of Europe in choosing IMF head. It reasserts privileges of a tired… https://t.co/YOBFguMAn5

Electric flight? A specific energy of at least 800 w/hours per kg is needed to fly an A320-size plane 600 nautical… https://t.co/kB2eHLlKig

Since 2016 consumption has become the key driver of growth in China rather than investment. @ANZResearch via… https://t.co/e7RIdbxPi6

Within 4-5 days of a major hurricane alert being declared in the US, 60%+ of the gas stations in the affected area… https://t.co/syVPPgXE8f

Folks have spent time deconstructing what we mean by GDP, “economic growth”, development, unemployment. In this ele… https://t.co/CxrpiPHsl0

August 16 2019 will mark the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre: remembered in an impressive review in the… https://t.co/MirZw200N3

Global disconnect: the gap between the recession in manufacturing and the continuing growth in services is highly u… https://t.co/M1lY9M36GX

Recycling increases with income and waste per capita. But notably in middle income group, there are huge difference… https://t.co/msko4DZT6G

1 October is the day we find out whether the latest sales tax increase in Japan will throttle economic growth like… https://t.co/J8zSMu1Kyj

In the last two decades the amount of waste produced by China’s cities doubled -> China is now struggling to catch… https://t.co/cgvdRsfRF3

"looming threats to growth in the eurozone should encourage member states to put their differences aside and formal… https://t.co/qkrGiFbIEG

In the post-1980s globalized economy, prices don’t move together most of the time -> right now, inflation, in the s… https://t.co/Zdqyjlx0tU

“wouldn’t follow orders” – just for good measure 9 key officials including the chief economist are sidelined at Tur… https://t.co/VnsguFi2NP

Is inflation any longer even "a thing"? "Without a single macroeconomic phenomenon driving all prices, trying to ga… https://t.co/emsaoRgfut

"An ECB partnership with the private sector can be the galvanising force.” In absence of fiscal stimulus Rick Riede… https://t.co/78T2KUP393

Is the Phillips curve really dead? Or have we simply had a very lack lustre recovery in which despite attractive un… https://t.co/fD1UOToTNd

My volume is finally released. Thanks to so many, including editing and declassification reviewers. https://t.co/Xa87Upu6RS

Driven by worries both about global tension and late phase of business-cycle $102bn flowed into ultra-safe money ma… https://t.co/PoTEZJQbDt

Great thread here by @Brad_Setser on intricacies of China’s foreign currency position. https://t.co/MN2N3VZ8gg

I'd suggest treating rumors that China has been secretly borrowing to misstate its FX reserves with a healthy degre… https://t.co/xwOhX8RFIV