ADAM TOOZE

"in the long run we are all dead. But I could have said equally well that it is a great advantage of “the short run… https://t.co/SpNdz1IYo6

"one of the most fundamental elements of Keynesianism’s immanent critique of liberalism is its apostasy concerning… https://t.co/Wns87jmh25

“Keynesianism is the default economic creed of progressives around the world today.” Roberto Mangabeira Unger’s pro… https://t.co/t9oDOovHfI

Most of the UK ranks alongside the former GDR in a straight UK v. Germany productivity comparison… https://t.co/6xo2CVrcfZ

The UK’s 19 car plants and their impact on their local economies -e.g. Mini plant accounts for 89 % of manuf employ… https://t.co/eIEAdpnnPi

@Brad_Setser isn’t it a rather remarkable paper! I’ve never seen graphics and network analysis like this.

The Eastern bloc of tax evasion and offshore finance – Centred on Russia and Cyprus but including Belarus, Ukraine,… https://t.co/Dvi3Bny4N1

The real armaments miracle of WWII: output per worker in Soviet defense industries almost tripled 1940-1944 – data… https://t.co/wSUHfmsjmK

Huge change. To the extent Brexit was an anti-immigration vote it’s already worked https://t.co/giR5AALhn0

Globe-trotting Ukrainian Menshevik military analyst Max Werner aka Alexander Schifrin – one of the discoveries of 2… https://t.co/F4eCiyWNum

Cambridge History of the Second World War out in affordable paperback! To co-edit and co-wite with Michael Geyer wa… https://t.co/UCQS2GjdPz

Cecil B. DeMille’s 1920s rendition of ancient Egypt discovered under sand dunes of California one hundred years lat… https://t.co/rP3QhmOD8M

The sandwich that conquered the world – In spring of 1980 M&@ launched the first prepackaged sandwiches. It is now… https://t.co/fXbmaLpDh8

The UK is its own 2nd largest source of FDI: How the Dutch tax shelter regime distorts the national accounts https://t.co/RBpIeS7pQu

Acyclical component in prices (mainly healthcare) accounts in large part for anemic inflation in the US… https://t.co/ZpRWDehz8R

Growing focus on Africa a distinctive feature of German foreign policy under Merkel: https://t.co/AW47UTDktn

Tail wagging the dog: coal mining employment in the EU. A tiny problem causing disproportionate headaches.… https://t.co/Rdc2RDgeSD

Four random evening reads. (Three of them that I read this week, one that I’m about to reread).

Luxemburg, Kautsky, Schifrin, Hilferding, Heinmann, Borkenau, Rosenberg, Schumacher, Schmid, Reuter, Fraenkel, Löwe… https://t.co/RFfsC0hb4I

Europe/Germany’s dirty secret: 45 % of electricity generation comes from highly polluting coal!… https://t.co/fI3ch5WKaQ

FoxNews has the impact it does not just because of its reach but because its audience has fewer other new sources… https://t.co/D3wAzYCTth

Toqueville’s Revenge. State, Society and Economy in Contemporary France by J.D. Levy – looking forward to reading t… https://t.co/UL9lZegygM

The latest from the MI5 files: including Profumo’s Nazi spy connection and the watch put o Kingsley Amis… https://t.co/pu5lXEKXHu