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@Brad_Setser @adam_tooze @schieritz @SDullien It made it harder for the whole world. Tightening like this as a majo… https://t.co/FjnO96FhBy

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@adam_tooze @schieritz @SDullien between 2010 and 2014 Germany tightened (per the IMF) its structural fiscal balanc… https://t.co/LDmZEzP8lc

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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

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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

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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

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@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

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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

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This looks interesting: China's Dream: The Culture of Chinese Communism and the Secret Sources of its Power Prof Ke… https://t.co/WvZFTn0vQT

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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

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When the World Bank/IMF score China just below Italy in terms of "government effectiveness” one imagines they must… https://t.co/cNc3PhUW7E

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Germany’s Hidden Crisis. Discussing Oliver Nachtwey’s book freshly out with @VersoBooks tomorrow 7 pm at… https://t.co/zqnzZx88l0

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@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

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@mntklprsn62 yup and the effect on manuf employment runs through trade in manuf presumably.

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When we talk about globalization and the "China shock" it is important to remember quite how small the imported and… https://t.co/mIDJIh2p8M

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China has low levels of political accountability for its per capita income but scores relatively well on corruption… https://t.co/pYVAcxh6rF

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Should the Havana Charter of 1948 be the model? Fascinating effort to craft an argument for a progressive post-Trum… https://t.co/sMs90tv3Mv

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Is the EU going through a “Machiavellian moment”? Is une Europe qui protège its new raison d’être? @JeremyCliffe is… https://t.co/mltMVMba5B

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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

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@schieritz @SDullien hi Mark. take your point. But I actually think it is interesting to compare various different… https://t.co/X3MPHdtvQ2

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"it is not clear whether, over the long term, America’s left should focus on keeping taxes progressive or on boosti… https://t.co/TDnPRtiirc

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In "risk society” (Beck) wars of expertise are crucial: How EXXON is stonewalling EU investigations into climate ch… https://t.co/0vS0KuKKuL

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US tax system is progressive not because top rates are high but because bottom rates are low + no regressive VA tax… https://t.co/X36CADUsHz

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ExxonMobil lobbyists faced a European Parliament ban after the company failed to show up to a hearing on climate ch… https://t.co/wVl2sORcor

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You are talking to a child-migrant english-germanish person stuck with a UK passport but living in Manhattan … prea… https://t.co/V33HOlZbWS

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One really cannot return to this graph of Eurozone fiscal tightening after 2009 often enough. What strikes me this… https://t.co/VNGV1XAFng

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The largest one day airborne operation of the war wasn’t on D-Day and it wasn’t part of Market Garden. It was Opera… https://t.co/31tFGk9hxG

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America’s tax system is quite progressive, but its pretax inequality is huge and its welfare/benefits system is bia… https://t.co/B2suPzYbER

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#Uber IPO exposes how Saudi cash drives Silicon Valley innovation, & even biggest tech comps can’t stop it. Silicon… https://t.co/yarEjijz3M

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On one level, the IMF-WB meetings were about growth worries. But underneath that discussion was a – scarier – debat… https://t.co/qKm2Dwt2Gj

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Map: Expansion of Farming in Western Eurasia, 9600 – 4000 cal BC https://t.co/fR9tN03Dv4 https://t.co/bK1r2nBfi9

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Where American potatoes grow. https://t.co/FWzJzlMgOy

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Bad day at the office? A Franco-German compromise emerged over Brexit extension. To be expected. But why then did M… https://t.co/jTFSkWje4p

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“The Europeans have gone to Europe.” Garton Ash An on political effects of EU migration. Imf found “significant neg… https://t.co/yoAiaQW1Ee

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Where African international students go to study in Africa – very revealing. Nigeria does not even feature on list. https://t.co/dXUbG53ZrY

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On China 'do Juncker and his team sound like Barroso and prime minister Cameron, or do they sound like President Tr… https://t.co/gs0658DLvj

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“I became a total Republican playing this game,” one SimCity fan told the Los Angeles Times in 1992. “All I wanted… https://t.co/0zucdXZ1NP

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