April 17, 2019
V good thread on the politics of public debt in Germany. @adam_tooze might be interested, too. https://t.co/GRRllGNC9z
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April 16, 2019
Sisi has overseen what independent groups have described as the worst crackdown on human rights in Egypt's modern h… https://t.co/Lqm357F44G
Tanzania-Rwanda SGR 1. Dar es Salaam-Isaka (1800km) - in progress 2. Isaka - Kigali (571 km) - in progress Kenya S… https://t.co/zfV65MPu7c
April 15, 2019
Wir am @IMKFlash veranstalten mit @FESonline und @dgb_news erstmals einen "Tag der progressiven Wirtschaftspolitik"… https://t.co/Wy887TH0J9
Looking forward to this new book by the formidable @graceblakeley . Is this a new new wave of left political econom… https://t.co/HZkW8Ev7pn
Looking forward to this event tonight at @mcnallyjackson in Brooklyn with Oliver Nachtwey talking about Germany’s H… https://t.co/2KefIM0Vn9
Lowest three deciles of the German wage distribution have seen real hourly wages fall since 1995. Important data fr… https://t.co/h2BImzPotF
The IMF, backed by the U.S., has pressed Germany and others with budget surpluses to cut taxes or raise spending to… https://t.co/gm9N5ahOO1
@_gabriel_U fantastic. THANK YOU. Look forward to reading. Life insanely hectic right now. Delighted to be given such thoughtful pointers.
This is a thought-provoking thread by @hmeyer78 on fiscal politics beyond the debt brake whose 10-year anniversary… https://t.co/yrjlSH6BqZ
Turkish economy rings alarm bells • Unemployment highest in 10 years with 14.7% in January • Youth unemployment… https://t.co/EPFA2aCu5O
@_gabriel_U sorry? help me with the shorthand ….looks like a fascinating article! thanks.
@SDullien Ok … but I am kinda amazed that your calculations show no actual tightening after 2011 just the end of th… https://t.co/DKqZSchJGA
This is a great thread by the expert @SDullien on the question of Germany’s fiscal stance. https://t.co/3K5zHM4Sxh
April 14, 2019
@SDullien Hi Sebastian thanks for this great thread. Have you written this up anywhere in english? Also can you ela… https://t.co/jnGWSejT3A
The deterioration of Sino-American trade relations is bad but it takes place against backdrop of much broader disto… https://t.co/EzO0rgTnOW
Amazing image from Sergej Bondartschuks lavish film version of Tolstoy’s War and Peace https://t.co/e9gFG3yGzP https://t.co/J6gQ47WJnX
@Brad_Setser @adam_tooze @schieritz @SDullien It made it harder for the whole world. Tightening like this as a majo… https://t.co/FjnO96FhBy
@adam_tooze @schieritz @SDullien between 2010 and 2014 Germany tightened (per the IMF) its structural fiscal balanc… https://t.co/LDmZEzP8lc
Not every day you have Profs Sven Beckert and Albrecht Ritschl on TV talking about 1929 and its impact on German de… https://t.co/hhAE4hVzq8
Indian households own 23,000 t of gold, 3* bullion held by US Fed. In 2017-2018 Indian gold imports, at $74.7bn, ra… https://t.co/gLimMntQ8o
Where is the power of the City? Why has finance been so powerless in shaping Brexit negotiations? 1986 Big Bang bro… https://t.co/VDVg6RlL3o
@tbarson49 Im not actually aware of much work in the Autor vein on the UK. would be interesting. Anyone know of any… https://t.co/YgfFobda7e
Of the 2.7% of U.S. consumer purchases going to goods labeled “Made in China,” in 2010 only 1.2% actually represent… https://t.co/Yof9DVpkV7
This looks interesting: China's Dream: The Culture of Chinese Communism and the Secret Sources of its Power Prof Ke… https://t.co/WvZFTn0vQT
The “China shock” as seen from the demand side: share of Chinese goods rose from just over 1% to just under 2% of p… https://t.co/mWKcKXZbV1
When the World Bank/IMF score China just below Italy in terms of "government effectiveness” one imagines they must… https://t.co/cNc3PhUW7E
Germany’s Hidden Crisis. Discussing Oliver Nachtwey’s book freshly out with @VersoBooks tomorrow 7 pm at… https://t.co/zqnzZx88l0
@tbarson49 Hi Tom yup. And the table shows how dramatic the impact was in textiles for instance. It is just that it… https://t.co/dypd1qICdq
@mntklprsn62 yup and the effect on manuf employment runs through trade in manuf presumably.
When we talk about globalization and the "China shock" it is important to remember quite how small the imported and… https://t.co/mIDJIh2p8M
China has low levels of political accountability for its per capita income but scores relatively well on corruption… https://t.co/pYVAcxh6rF
Should the Havana Charter of 1948 be the model? Fascinating effort to craft an argument for a progressive post-Trum… https://t.co/sMs90tv3Mv
Is the EU going through a “Machiavellian moment”? Is une Europe qui protège its new raison d’être? @JeremyCliffe is… https://t.co/mltMVMba5B
You really get into guts of sanctions, OPEC & fracking when you distinguish sour oil from US light and sweet oil. T… https://t.co/cTv1qjlqny
@schieritz @SDullien hi Mark. take your point. But I actually think it is interesting to compare various different… https://t.co/X3MPHdtvQ2