ADAM TOOZE

The scenario that really worries Beijing: devaluation triggering large-scale capital flight. In 2015/6 it turned ou… https://t.co/6MghtbVOMq

The first world currency: the Spanish silver dollar – fascinating article on how Spain’s “new world” discoveries ch… https://t.co/PPjA9ppF2x

What happens if you pursue a trade policy running directly and obviously counter to the interest of those who voted… https://t.co/azZ1eGqEPk

German minimum wage had intended effect of raising wages but at the same time the # of hours worked fell according… https://t.co/ZPsYa9eAaz

In the border regions of East Germany it is typical for 30%+ of employees to earn the minimum wage of 8.50 euro per… https://t.co/g5dujcHe59

The European natural gas pipeline network. Great graphic from @DIW_Berlin Wochenbericht which unpicks logic of Nor… https://t.co/5CPm6GtOeJ

How to put yourself under technopolitical pressure: EU Commission estimates of future gas consumption have been wil… https://t.co/BlY1WxEpj3

Who Needs Nord Stream 2? Europe’s gas supplies are already diversified and estimates of future demand on which logi… https://t.co/0y99uLRkGL

@richardluddite @adam_tooze There's a whole chapter about the EU–the verdict is a bit more mixed.

How German families experience poverty: fascinating long-term study shows that 21% were never in a secure position… https://t.co/FDXcVtZzcg

Poverty in a rich country: roughly 1/3 of kids in Germany grow up at risk of poverty. Results of important new stud… https://t.co/BiciVdUglJ

After the Seehofer-Merkel asylum clash the CSU is slightly up in Bavaria where it falls short of absolute majority,… https://t.co/ZyNB8OfrxL

“that is not the European Council position” – now Seehofer infuriates Barnier over security cooperation with post-B… https://t.co/SGFA7B4B1n

Fascinating bottom up look at the deleveraging push in China as its impacts business in Zhejiang province home of C… https://t.co/GJBJKX0sTs

If Brexit shifts balance of European finance to Frankfurt will JP Morgan or ICBC be interested in snapping up Deuts… https://t.co/MTfEuYFepa

The United States imagines itself as the frontline of Central American migration, but Mexico has deported more migr… https://t.co/lStyamNT0C

Not only are we on track for a record $2.5 trn in M&A activity in the first half of 2018 alone, but the deals are b… https://t.co/hOL8oUL8sq

Does Chinese retaliation aimed at US soy exports matter? You bet … for first time since 1983 US farmers had committ… https://t.co/zmb4J96e6Y

China is already substituting Brazilian for US soy, but the question is how it handles the winter months when Brazi… https://t.co/Tr94OGo8NK

The impact of the Brazilian truckers in May 2018 on industrial production was as severe as the 2008 crisis and the… https://t.co/tHUPgQZKaQ

Interesting indicator of stress around the global economy since 2007: fluctuations in Asian currencies. I didn’t ap… https://t.co/Uybq6aPKgL

A decomposition of the drivers of eurozone unemployment. Econometrics by @GoldmanSachs. Retweet is not endorsement,… https://t.co/zlBn3SvQjP

France is truly the model Eurozone citizen. Look how closely its wage growth tracks the average for the currency ar… https://t.co/IebZAESUfG

There is secular stagnation and then there is what happened to the UK economy! Productivity growth at spectacularly… https://t.co/yOOgPguBA5

“The U.K. faces perhaps no greater challenge, economically and socially, than its productivity challenge” Andy Hald… https://t.co/YJu7Tq65L1

When your house does your saving for you – the inverse association btw house price inflation and savings rate in th… https://t.co/jNJfWw5L45

“We live and die by trade” – how will US farm belt react to Trump’s trade war? 25% tariff on U.S. soybean imports t… https://t.co/vqKUEjtP8g

BINGO … what a fantastic source. @DEHEdgerton will be fascinated by this! https://t.co/jbndXLUuav

Brace for clashes between the White House and the Fed at the latest by 2020 when the monetary squeeze is no longer… https://t.co/AQ20wbwYGl

Despite the tightness of the US labour market the real wage growth is just not happening. Cost of living increases… https://t.co/QYcSR6KQO8

the transnational production of money, Dutch edition or why national boundaries for macro measures are problematic… https://t.co/YKe1Sd75PI

If the monitoring and governance of the national economy solidified in the early 20th century, here is how the stor… https://t.co/WGOvfqZprh

The closure of Toys “R" Us added 3.8 m square feet of unoccupied retail space to the strip malls of America in Q220… https://t.co/WJcgQCoE1d

Framing Crashed II: The 2008 crisis and the supersession of 20th-c macroeconomics by financial globalization.… https://t.co/6TvyTR7zXo